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Dana Award

Dana Award

Literary award

The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.[8] The competition is based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The judges for the competition include Scottish novelist Margot Livesey.[citation needed]

Notable recipients include Michael Pritchett, Danielle Trussoni, Tina Chang, and Stephen Lovely.

Past winners

Novel

  • 1996 – Ellen B. Coggeshall for The Rabies Tree
  • 1997 – Jennifer Natalya Fink for The Mikveh Queen
  • 1998 – Owen Goodwyne
  • 1999 – Joette Hayashigawa
  • 2000 – Michael Pritchett for The Final Effort of the Archer
  • 2001 – Danielle Trussoni for Tunnel Rat
  • 2002 – BK Loren for Thicker Than Water
  • 2003 – Tatjana Soli for The Lotus Eaters
  • 2004 – Stephen Lovely for Irreplaceable
  • 2005 – Paul Graham for A Trained Voice
  • 2006 – Harvey Grossinger for The Caretaker’s Niece
  • 2007 – Thad Nodine for Going Home
  • 2008 – Rebecca Berg for Julio's Ghost
  • 2009 – Tippets Jensen for The Good Deed
  • 2010 – Patrick E. Horrigan for Portraits at an Exhibition
  • 2011 – Sean Murphy for Wilson's Way
  • 2012 – Scott Lambridis for The Many Raymond Days
  • 2013 – N.S. Keonings for Goatsong
  • 2014 – Boman Desai for The Elephant Graveyard
  • 2015 – Nancy Swan for Escalante Moon
  • 2016 – Misha Rai for Blood We Did Not Spill

Short fiction

Poetry

Essay

  • 2011 – Peter Selgin

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Poets & Writers, September/October 1997
  2. [2]
    Greensboro News & Record October 1, 2000
  3. [3]
    Greensboro News & Record September 24, 2000
  4. [4]
    Greensboro News & Record October 27, 2002
  5. [5]
    Greensboro News & Record October 24, 1999
  6. [6]
    Sabo, Elma. Literary Notes, News & Record (Greensboro, NC), October 30, 2005
  7. [7]
    Writers Notebook, Winston-Salem Journal, October 26, 2003
  8. [8]
    Poets & Writers, September/October 2000
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