I mentioned being intrigued by the Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes last week, and now they've announced the nine recipients of the prize.
(As noted last time, they still really have to work on their PR: there was no print-mention of the winners on the official site last I checked (twelve hours after the press release was released at variuous sites), and the video announcement has two whole minutes of dead air time before the announcement begins .....)
You can find the press release here.
Fifty-nine English-writing writers were nominated (without their knowledge) for the prize that pays $150,000 each, and:
You can find the press release here.
Fifty-nine English-writing writers were nominated (without their knowledge) for the prize that pays $150,000 each, and:
The recipients, who range in age from 33 to 87, are James Salter, Zoë Wicomb, and Tom McCarthy in fiction; Naomi Wallace, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Tarell Alvin McCraney in drama; and Jonny Steinberg, Adina Hoffman and Jeremy Scahill in nonfiction.The only author under review at the complete review is Tom McCarthy; several of his books are under review, including Remainder.