The Story Prize Finalists Announced

Posted on January 12, 2009

The finalists for The Story Prize have been announced. The Story Prize is an annual contest for short story collections. This is the competitiosn fifth year. Here are this year's finalists.

• Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Demons in the Spring by Joe Meno
• Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff

The Story Prize's annual event will take place at the New School's Tishman Auditorium in New York City at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4. The winner will be presented with $20,000 and an engraved silver bowl. The two runners-up will each receive $5,000.