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

YearWinning AuthorTitleSenior Judge 1981David Bosworth The Death of Descartes Robert Penn Warren 1982Robley Wilson Dancing for Men Raymond Carver 1983Jonathan Penner Private Parties Wright Morris 1984Randall SilvisThe Luckiest Man in the WorldJoyce Carol Oates 1985W. D. Wetherell The Man Who Loved LevittownMax Apple 1986Rick DeMarinis Under The WheatAlison Lurie 1987Ellen Hunnicutt In the Music Library Nadine Gordimer 1988Reginald McKnight Moustapha's Eclipse Margaret Atwood 1989Maya Sonenberg Cartographies Robert Coover 1990Rick Hillis Limbo River Russell Banks 1991Elizabeth Graver Have You Seen Me? Richard Ford 1992Jane McCafferty Director of the World and Other Stories John Edgar Wideman 1993Stewart O'Nan In The Walled City Tobias Wolff 1994Jennifer Cornell Departures Alice McDermott 1995Geoffrey Becker Dangerous Men Charles Baxter 1996Edith Pearlman Vaquita and Other Stories Rosellen Brown 1997Katherine Vaz Fado and Other Stories George Garrett 1998Barbara Croft Necessary Fictions Bharati Mukherjee 1999Lucy Honig The Truly Needy and Other Stories Charles Johnson 2000Adria Bernardi In the Gathering Woods Frank Conroy 2001Brett Ellen Block Destination Known C. Michael Curtis 2002John Blair American Standard Elizabeth Hardwick 2003Suzanne Greenberg Speed-Walk and Other Stories Rick Moody 2004Darrell Spencer Bring Your Legs with You Michael Chabon 2005David Harris Ebenbach Between Camelots Stewart O'Nan 2006Todd James Pierce Newsworld Joan Didion 2007Kirk Nesset Paradise Road Hilary Masters 2008Anthony VaralloOut Loud Scott Turow 2009Anne SanowTriple Time Ann Patchett 2010Tina May HallThe Physics of Imaginary Objects Renata Adler 2011Shannon CainThe Necessity of Certain Behaviors Alice Mattison 2012Beth BosworthThe Source of Life and Other Stories Sven Birkerts2013Anthony WallaceThe Old PriestAmy Hempel2014Kent NelsonThe Spirit Bird: Short StoriesDavid Guterson2015Leslie PietrzykThe Angel on My ChestJill McCorkle2016Melissa YancyDog YearsRichard Russo2017William WallThe IslandsDavid Gates2018Brad FelverThe Dogs of DetroitLynne Sharon Schwartz2019Kate WiselDriving in Cars with Homeless MenMin Jin Lee2020Caroline KimThe Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other StoriesAlexander Chee 2021Joanna PearsonNow You Know It AllEdward P. Jones 2022Ramona ReevesIt Falls Gently All Around and Other StoriesElizabeth Graver2023Kelly SatherSmall in Real LifeDeesha Philyaw2024Mubanga KalimamukwentoObligations to the WoundedAngie Cruz2025Bill GaythwaiteA Place in the WorldManuel Munõz

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