(Real) News About The Story Prize Event

Finalists Rick Bass, Helen Maryles Shankman, and Anna Noyes
(photo @ Beowulf Sheehan)

Here are links to some of the news coverage that The Story Prize event on March 8 at The New School has garnered—none of it fake.

The San Francisco Chronicle
Library Journal
Poets & Writers

Shelf Awareness

Publishers Weekly
Associated Press

That night, we announced Rick Bass's For a Little While as the winner for books published in 2016. He received $20,000 and an engraved silver bowl. The other two finalists, Anna Noyes for Goodnight, Beautiful Women and Helen Maryles Shankman for They Were Like Family to Me, each received $5,000.

News Coverage of The Story Prize Event and Announcement

L to R: Story Prize winner Elizabeth McCracken, founder Julie Lindsey,
finalists Francesca Marciano and Lorrie Moore, and director Larry Dark

Here are some links to press accounts of The Story Prize event on March 4, at which eventual winner Elizabeth McCracken and fellow finalists Francesca Marciano and Lorrie Moore read from and discussed their work onstage at The New School, and Julie Lindsey announced the winner:

Reuters

Associated Press

New York Times

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco Chronicle

Publishers Weekly

Shelf Awareness

Fiction Writers Review

The Dallas Morning News

News Flash: What They're Saying About The Story Prize Event

Andrea Barrett, George Saunders, and Rebecca Lee
(photo: Beowulf Sheehan)

Here are some press accounts of The Story Prize event on March 5, at which eventual winner George Saunders and fellow finalists Andrea Barrett and Rebecca Lee read from and discussed their work onstage at The New School:

The Outlet (Electric Literature)

Like Fire (Open Letters Monthly)

Last Night's Reading: George Saunders, Andrea Barrett

AP

Reuters

PublishersWeekly

GalleyCat

NPR

Shelf Awareness

Poets & Writers

Entertainment Weekly

The Post Standard and here

Star News

Book People

Fiction Writers Review

Press Play: Media Coverage of The Story Prize Event

Claire Vaye Watkins, Dan Chaon, and Junot Díaz backstage
photo © Beowulf Sheehan

Here are some press accounts of The Story Prize event on March 13, at which eventual winner Claire Vaye Watkins and fellow finalists Dan Chaon and Junot Díaz read from and discussed their work onstage at The New School:

Reuters

AP

Los Angeles Times

NPR

Reno Gazette-Journal

Shelf Awareness

Poets & Writers

Galley Cat

Like Fire (Open Letters Monthly)

Motherboard (Vice)

The Outlet (Electric Literature)

The Story Prize Event: We've Got It Covered

Steven Millhauser accepts The Story Prize.                        (© Beowulf Sheehan)

Here's some of the coverage that Wednesday night's Story Prize event has gotten so far:

Reuters

AP

L.A. Times Jacket Copy

Shelf Awareness

Poets & Writers

The Outlet

Like Fire

New York Times Arts Beat

GalleyCat

CBC

Alfred A. Knopf

Skidmore Unofficial

You Idiot! Saratoga Springs

Capital New York

Fiction Writers Review