2008 Fiction Prize Results

Final Judge: Tayari Jones

 

 

Tayari Jones was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia where she spent most of her childhood, with the exception of the one year she and her family spent in Nigeria, West Africa. Although she has not lived in her hometown in over a decade, much of her writing centers on the urban South. She has written two novels, Leaving Atlanta (2002) and The Untelling (2005), and is a graduate of Spelman College, The University of Iowa, and Arizona State University. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the MFA program at Rutgers-Newark University.
 

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2008 Indiana Review Fiction Prize Winner

 

“New York 1, Tel Aviv 0″

Shelly Oria

 

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Runner-Up

“Post”
Tara Cottrell

 

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Finalists

“An Alphabetical List of Famous Geologists and the Failed Geologist Who Loved Them”
Yalitza Ferreras

 

“Dogs”

Anna Shearer

 

“Playing at Divorce”
Renato Escudero

 

“David Sherman, The Last Son of God ”
Rion Scott

 

“Status Post”
Ricardo Nuila

 

“Swimming Season”
Josh Weil

 

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We offer our thanks to all who contributed to the success of the 2008 Indiana Review Fiction Prize. All entrants receive a year’s subscription to IR, which will begin with our Summer 2009 issue.