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The Report shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2010 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel PrizeAugust 12, 2010—Graywolf Press is pleased to announce that The Report by Jessica Francis Kane has been shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s 2010 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. The annual prize carries with it a $10,000 cash award, and this year, for the first time, each finalist will receive a $1,000 award. The Report, a moving account based on a nearly forgotten event of World War II, is a timely and provocative commentary on the way all tragedies are remembered and endured. The Report was joined on the shortlist by six other debut novels: The Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste, The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross, The Quickening by Michelle Hoover, and This is Just Exactly Like You by Drew Perry. The winner will be announced on December 6, 2010 by last year’s First Novel Prize winner, John Pipkin, at the Center for Fiction’s Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner at the Raquet & Tennis Club in New York City. The First Novel Prize, launched in 2006 as the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, was created as part of the Center’s mission to promote the art of fiction in the United States and help further the careers of promising new writers. Beginning this year, the Center’s First Novel Prize has been renamed the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, thanks to the very generous support of writer Nancy Dunnan, a member of the board of The Center for Fiction, in honor of her late father, Ray Flaherty, an Iowa writer. The Center for Fiction, founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library of New York, is the only organization in the U.S. devoted solely to this vital art form. The mission of The Center for Fiction is to encourage people to read and value fiction and to support and celebrate its creation and enjoyment. Graywolf Press is an independent,
not-for-profit publisher dedicated to the creation and promotion of thoughtful
and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse
culture. Graywolf has published significant books of poetry, fiction, creative
nonfiction, and translations for over thirty-five years, and has become one of
the leading literary publishers in the country. ### |
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