| St. Francis College Literary Prize | |
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| Awarded For: | Mid-career authors who have recently published their third to fifth work of fiction. |
| Sponsor: | St. Francis College |
| Reward: | US$50,000 |
| Year2: | 2019 |
| Website: | SFC.edu |
The St. Francis College Literary Prize is a biennial literary award inaugurated in 2009.[1] The prize of is presented to a mid-career author in honor of a third to fifth book of fiction. The winner is selected by a jury and invited to St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, for a speech. The SFC Literary Prize is meant to offer encouragement and significant financial support to a mid-career writer. The winner of the prize is announced from a whittled down shortlist during the Brooklyn Book Festival every other year in September.[1]
Blue Ribbon = winner
2019[2]
Jury: Chris Abani, Kate Christensen, Ron Currie
2017[3]
Jury: Ellen Litman, Jeffery Renard Allen, René Steinke
2015
Jury: Sigrid Nunez, Erin McGraw, Daniel Torday
2013
Jury: Jonathan Dee, Peter Cameron, Kate Christensen.[4]
2011
For books published between July 2009 and May 2011.
Jury: Francine Prose, Rick Moody, Darcey Steinke.[5]
2009
Jury: Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Ben Marcus, Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon.[1]