Pakistani-American writer wins annual short story prize
Mar 04, 2010
Pakistani-American author Daniyal Mueenuddin has been
awarded the $20,000 Story Prize for his collection of connected short stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, published
by W. W. Norton. The Story Prize is an annual award honoring the author of an
outstanding collection of short stories.
The prize was presented to Mueenuddin at a reading and
ceremony held in New York City. In addition, short story collections by Victoria
Patterson (Drift, Mariner) and Wells
Tower (Everything Ravaged, Everything
Burned, FSG) were also honored and each author received a $5,000
prize.
Judges for the Story Prize were novelist and short story writer A M. Homes, critic and book blogger Carolyn Kellogg, and Ohio-based public librarian Bill Kelly.
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