A journalist, a novelist, and a librarian will judge the $20,000 Story Prize this year–awarded to a short story collection written in English and published in the U.S. during the calendar year.
Author A.M. Homes, LA Times journalist Carolyn Kellogg, and Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Public Library librarian Bill Kelly will judge the 2009 prize. The winner will join a distinguished list that includes Edwidge Danticat, Mary Gordon, Jim Shepard, and Tobias Wolff. The winner takes home $20,000, and finalists each receive $5,000.
Here’s more from the release: “The final deadline for submitting books is November 16, 2009. The three finalists will be announced in late January, 2010. The 2009 Story Prize winner will be announced on March 3, 2010 at an event open to the public and featuring conversations and readings with the three finalists at The New School in New York City.”