Jim Shepard wins Story Prize
Associated Press
Feb 29, 2008
NEW YORK -- Jim Shepard's "Like You'd Understand, Anyway," a collection of short fiction focusing on everyday lives from ancient Rome to today's Texas, has won the fourth annual Story Prize, a $20,000 (about euro13,290) award.
The finalists, each of whom received $5,000 (about euro3,320), were Tessa Hadley's "Sunstroke and Other Stories" and Vincent Lam's "Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures."
The award, announced Wednesday night, is given for "an outstanding work of short fiction." Previous winners include "The Stories of Mary Gordon" and Edwidge Danticat's "The Dew Breaker."
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