2009 ½ K Prize Results

Final Judge: Lydia Davis

 

 

Lydia Davis is an innovator of the short story form. She is the author of four collections of short fiction, including Varieties of Disturbance, Break It Down; Samuel Johnson Is Indignant; and a novel, The End of the Story. Her work has also been anthologized in The Best American Poetry and The Best American Stories. Davis is also the translator of numerous avant-garde French novels; memoirs; and volumes of literary criticism. Among her other awards and honors, Davis was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and in 2003 received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship.
 

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20009 Indiana Review ½ K Prize Winner

 

“I Was Lucky That the Furniture Was Ugly”

Rebecca Bridge

 

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Runners-Up

 

“Bering”
Joe Caliguire

 

“Holding up traffic as if to say”
Elizabeth Wilcox

 

“The Fifth Date”
Marie Potoczny

 

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Finalists

 

“My Building Was Burning!”
Rebecca Bridge

 

“They Do Not Like Me in These Parts”
Rebecca Bridge

 

“Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Visit the Holy Land”
Joy Katz

 

“Dissonance Or: So We Hanged the Governor”
Adam Peterson

 

“Wall”
Rod Moore

 

“And You Will Know Desire by the Vision of the Bees”
Joy Katz

 

“Desolation Sound”
Erin Soros

 

“My Enemy”
Anthony Varallo

 

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We offer our thanks to all who contributed to the success of the 2009 Indiana Review ½ K Prize. All entrants receive a year’s subscription to IR, which will begin with our Summer 2010 issue.