| 20: The Best of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize Contributor(s): Wideman, John Edgar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822958155 ISBN-13: 9780822958154 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: Over the past twenty years, judges such as Robert Penn Warren, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Tobias Wolff, Alice McDermott, Frank Conroy, and Bharati Mukherjee have selected the best collections from the hundreds submitted annually for the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, one of the most prestigious awards of its kind. Winning has helped launch the careers of a score of previously undiscovered authors, many of whom have enjoyed great commercial success as well as critical acclaim, including Stewart O'Nan, Edith Pearlman, David Bosworth, Lucy Honig, W. D. Wetherell, Jane McCafferty, Rick DeMarinis, and Adria Bernardi. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009464614 |
| Series: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.78" W x 8.4" (1.13 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Drue Heinz Literature Prize was established in 1980 to encourage and support the writing and reading of short fiction. Over the past twenty years judges such as Robert Penn Warren, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Alice McDermott, and Frank Conroy have selected the best collections from the hundreds submitted annually by up-and-coming writers. 20 represents the best of the best--one story from each of the prize-winning volumes. Chosen by acclaimed author John Edgar Wideman, the selections cover a broad range of inventive and original characters, settings, and emotions, charting the evolution of the short story over the past two decades. One of the most prestigious awards of its kind, the Drue Heinz Literature Prize has helped launch the careers of a score of previously "undiscovered" writers, many of whom have gone on to great critical success. Past Winners of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize: David Bosworth, Robley Wilson, Jonathan Penner, Randall Silvis, W. D. Wetherell, Rick DeMarinis, Ellen Hunnicutt, Reginald McKnight, Maya Sonenberg, Rick Hillis, Elizabeth Graver, Jane McCafferty, Stewart O'Nan, Jennifer Cornell, Geoffrey Becker, Edith Pearlman, Katherine Vaz, Barbara Croft, Lucy Honig, Adria Bernardi. |