Sherwood Anderson Foundation
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The Sherwood Anderson Foundation is an organization founded by the children and grandchildren of American short story
writer and novelist Sherwood Anderson
that gives grants to emerging writers. The most notable of these is the annual Sherwood Anderson Foundation Writers Award.
The Foundation's current co-presidents, as of 2009, are Anderson's grandsons Michael and David Spear.
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
writer and novelist Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist and short story writer. His most enduring work is the short story sequence Winesburg, Ohio. Writers he has influenced include Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, J. D. Salinger, and Amos Oz.-Early life:Anderson was born in Clyde, Ohio,...
that gives grants to emerging writers. The most notable of these is the annual Sherwood Anderson Foundation Writers Award.
The Foundation's current co-presidents, as of 2009, are Anderson's grandsons Michael and David Spear.
Award recipients
Winners of the award have ranged from college undergraduates to widely-published authors. Currently, only individuals who have published either "a book of fiction or a collection of short stories in major literary and/or commercial publications" are eligible for the prize.- 1988 - Valerie S. Golightly
- 1989 - King Andrews
- 1990 - Gillian Kim Ashley & Pamela Johnson
- 1991 - Karen Coats
- 1992 - Patricia Snell
- 1993 - Dawn Radford
- 1994 - Debra Allbery GildeaDebra Allbery-Life:She is an Ohio native. She graduated from College of Wooster, University of Virginia, and University of Iowa.She taught at Dickinson College, Randolph College, the University of Michigan.She teaches at the Warren Wilson College....
- 1995 - Randall Kenan
- 1996 - Ron RashRon RashRon Rash , an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina, in 1953, grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and is a graduate of Gardner-Webb...
- 1997 - Gail Pollock
- 1998 - Kamil Turowski
- 1999 - Tammy Greenwood
- 2000 - Shubham Rathi
- 2001 - Doug Crandell
- 2002 - Joseph Bathanti
- 2003 - Peggy PaynePeggy PaynePeggy Payne is a writer, journalist and consultant to writers. She has written four books and her articles, reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, among others...
- 2004 - Mary Beth Caschetta
- 2005 - Jacob M. AppelJacob M. AppelJacob M. Appel is an American author, bioethicist and social critic. He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and euthanasia....
- 2006 - Karen Fisher
- 2007 - Robert Garner McBrearty
- 2008 - Nelly RosarioNelly RosarioNelly Rosario is a Dominican American novelist and creative writing instructor in the MFA Program at Texas State University in San Marcos....