NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Short fiction by Yiyun Li, Bennett Sims and Paul Yoon are finalists for the 20th annual Story Prize, given for the year's outstanding short story collection.
Prize officials announced Tuesday that the nominees are Li's 鈥淲ednesday's Child,鈥� Sims' 鈥淥ther Minds and Other Stories鈥� and Yoon's 鈥淭he Hive and the Honey.鈥� The Story Prize was founded in 2004 by editor Larry Dark and philanthropist Julie Lindsey, who pick the finalists. Three outside judges then choose the winners. The top prize is $20,000 and the runners-up get $5,000 each.
鈥淓ven after reading more than 20,000 short story collections over the twenty years this award has existed, we鈥檙e still encountering short story collections unlike any we鈥檝e read before. These three books expand the form and offer profound observations about the human condition,鈥� Dark said in a statement.
The winner will be announced March 26. Previous recipients include Anthony Doerr, George Saunders and Edwidge Danticat.
The Associated Press
