Congratulations to the following authors
whose works have received notable distinctions:
Adam Atlas’s short story “New Year’s Weekend on the Hand Surgery Ward, Old Pilgrims’ Hospital, Naples, Italy” has been selected for special mention by the O. Henry Prize committee, and will also appear in New Stories from the South: Best of the Year, 2010. The story won Second Place in Narrative’s Winter 2009 Story Contest. Atlas’s first published story, “The Delinquents,” also appeared in Narrative.
Sherwin Bitsui has won a PEN Open Book Award for the poetry in his book Flood Song. Read Bitsui’s prizewinning work here.
Lucia Perillo’s poetry collection Inseminating the Elephant was selected as a 2010 Pulitzer Prize Finalist. A poem from the collection, “First Epistle of Lucia to Her Old Boyfriends,” appeared in Narrative.
Richard Baush and Heather Brittain Bergstrom have been selected for Best American Short Stories 2010. Bausch’s “Reverend Thornhill’s Wife” and Bergstrom’s “Farm-in-a-Day” were named distinguished and notable stories. “Reverend Thornhill’s Wife” was first published in Narrative’s Winter 2009 issue, and “Farm-in-a-Day” appeared in Winter 2010.
Eugene Cross’s “The Brother” has been named by the Million Writers Award as one of the most notable stories of 2009.
Chris Abani, Matthew Dickman, Jim Harrison, and W. S. Merwin have been selected for the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology. Dickman was named winner, and Abani, Harrison, and Merwin were named finalists.
Shann Ray’s story collection American Masculine has been selected as a 2010 Bakeless Prize recipient. A story from American Masculine, “Mrs. Secrest,” appeared in Narrative.
William Kittredge’s “Stone Boat” has been selected to appear in Best of the West, 2010.
Dahlma Llanos Figueroa has been selected to receive a PEN American Bingham Award in honor of her work. Figueroa’s essay “Cuban Portraits” appeared in Narrative’s Fall 2007 issue.
Adam Atlas
New Year’s Weekend on the Hand Surgery Ward, Old Pilgrims’ Hospital, Naples, Italy
New Stories from the South 2010 and PEN/O. Henry 2011
Lucia Perillo
First Epistle of Lucia to Her Old Boyfriends
Frequently I find myself wondering which of you is dead.
Sherwin Bitsui
Four Poems
PEN Open Book Award
Richard Bausch
Reverend Thornhill’s Wife
It was all delicious action, bright with purpose.
Heather Brittain Bergstrom
Farm-in-a-Day
Best American Short Stories 2010 Notable Story
Matthew Dickman
Slow Dance
We need to dance with exquisite strangers.
Chris Abani
Say Something about Child’s Play
2009 Best of the Net Finalist
Jim Harrison
From Letters to Yesenin
2009 Best of the Net Finalist
W. S. Merwin
Accompaniment
2009 Best of the Net Finalist
Eugene Cross
The Brother
Million Writers Award 2009 Notable Story
Shann Ray
Mrs. Secrest
2012 American Book Award
2010 Bakeless Prize WinnerWilliam Kittredge
Stone Boat
Best of the West 2010 Winner
Dahlma Llanos Figueroa
Cuban Portraits
2009 PEN American Bingham Award