Drue Heinz Literature Prize

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize is a major American literary award for short fiction in the English language.

This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States was initiated in 1981 by Drue Heinz and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel. It has recognized and supported writers of short fiction and made their work available to readers around the world.

The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Warren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Michael Chabon, Frank Conroy, Richard Ford, John Edgar Wideman, Nadine Gordimer, and Rick Moody. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The winner is announced in February of each year.

Winners

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Pulitzer Prize winner and University of Pittsburgh alumnus Michael Chabon served as the senior judge in 2004.
Year Winning Author Title Senior Judge
1981 David Bosworth The Death of Descartes Robert Penn Warren
1982 Robley Wilson Dancing for Men Raymond Carver
1983 Jonathan Penner Private Parties Wright Morris
1984 Randall Silvis The Luckiest Man in the World Joyce Carol Oates
1985 W. D. Wetherell The Man Who Loved Levittown Max Apple
1986 Rick DeMarinis Under The Wheat Alison Lurie
1987 Ellen Hunnicutt In the Music Library Nadine Gordimer
1988 Reginald McKnight Moustapha's Eclipse Margaret Atwood
1989 Maya Sonenberg Cartographies Robert Coover
1990 Rick Hillis Limbo River Russell Banks
1991 Elizabeth Graver Have You Seen Me? Richard Ford
1992 Jane McCafferty Director of the World and Other Stories John Edgar Wideman
1993 Stewart O'Nan In The Walled City Tobias Wolff
1994 Jennifer Cornell Departures Alice McDermott
1995 Geoffrey Becker Dangerous Men Charles Baxter
1996 Edith Pearlman Vaquita and Other Stories Rosellen Brown
1997 Katherine Vaz Fado and Other Stories George Garrett
1998 Barbara Croft Necessary Fictions Bharati Mukherjee
1999 Lucy Honig The Truly Needy and Other Stories Charles Johnson
2000 Adria Bernardi In the Gathering Woods Frank Conroy
2001 Brett Ellen Block Destination Known C. Michael Curtis
2002 John Blair American Standard Elizabeth Hardwick
2003 Suzanne Greenberg Speed-Walk and Other Stories Rick Moody
2004 Darrell Spencer Bring Your Legs with You Michael Chabon
2005 David Harris Ebenbach Between Camelots Stewart O'Nan
2006 Todd James Pierce Newsworld Joan Didion
2007 Kirk Nesset Paradise Road Hilary Masters
2008 Anthony Varallo Out Loud Scott Turow
2009 Anne Sanow Triple Time Ann Patchett
2010 Tina May Hall The Physics of Imaginary Objects Renata Adler
2011 Shannon Cain The Necessity of Certain Behaviors Alice Mattison
2012 Beth Bosworth The Source of Life and Other Stories Sven Birkerts[1]
2013 Anthony Wallace The Old Priest Amy Hempel[2]
2014 Kent Nelson The Spirit Bird: Short Stories David Guterson
2015 Leslie Pietrzyk The Angel on My Chest Jill McCorkle
2016 Melissa Yancy Dog Years Richard Russo
2017 William Wall The Islands David Gates
2018 Brad Felver The Dogs of Detroit Lynne Sharon Schwartz
2019 Kate Wisel Driving in Cars with Homeless Men Min Jin Lee
2020 Caroline Kim The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories Alexander Chee
2021 Joanna Pearson[3] Now You Know It All Edward P. Jones
2022 Ramona Reeves It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories Elizabeth Graver
2023 Kelly Sather[4] Small in Real Life[5] Deesha Philyaw
2024 Mubanga Kalimamukwento[6] Obligations to the Wounded [7] Angie Cruz

References

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  • Wideman, John Edgar, ed. (2001). 20: The Best of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-4170-8.
  1. ^ "2012 Drue Heinz Literature Prize awarded to Brooklyn author" (PDF) (Press release). University of Pittsburgh Press. February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Tony Wallace Awarded Drue Heinz Literature Prize". Boston University. February 1, 2013. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "N.C. psychiatrist wins Drue Heinz Prize from Pitt Press". utimes. December 18, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "The University of Pittsburgh Press announced its literature and poetry prize winners". University of Pittsburgh. February 15, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "California writer's stories of Hollywood's grit and glitter win Drue Heinz Prize". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Thomas, Kelly (January 30, 2024). "Drue Heinz Literature Prize Winner Explores Zambian Womanhood". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "Obligations to the Wounded: Stories (Pitt Drue Heinz Li…". Goodreads. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
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