The winner of this year’s Story Prize is Brandon Taylor’s Filthy Animals.

Tonight, The Story Prize announced that the 2021 winner is Brandon Taylor for Filthy Animals. The Story Prize’s $20,000 top prize is among the largest first-prize amounts of any annual U.S. book award for fiction. Now in it’s 18th year, The Story Prize annually honors the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction. The […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Robert Hass Wins $100K Poetry Prize

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Men's Fitness: 15 years of covers - in pictures

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