Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 40 (2004) Winner
Brad Vice
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Brad Vice
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1973-11-14 （Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Northport, Alabama, U.S. → Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. → Plzeň, Czech Republic
Career
- Occupations
- English language instructor, short story writer
- Active Years
- 2001-2004
- Affiliations
- Mississippi State University, University of West Bohemia (Plzeň)
- Influenced By
- Carl Carmer, Flannery O'Connor
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee | — | English | M.A. | 1995–1997 | United States |
| University of Cincinnati | — | English | Ph.D. | 1997–2001 | United States |
University of Tennessee
English
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1995–1997
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
University of Cincinnati
English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1997–2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
United States
Portions of his dissertation were later published as a short story collection.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | The Bear Bryant Funeral Train | — | University of Georgia Press | Rescinded |
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
2004
Work:
The Bear Bryant Funeral Train
Organization:
University of Georgia Press
Result:
Rescinded
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Bear Bryant Funeral Train
2005 Short story collection / Southern GothicA collection of short stories set around Tuscaloosa, Alabama, exploring memory, community, faith, and loss. After publication, portions were alleged to overlap with earlier work by Carl Carmer, leading to the rescinding of the award and the recall of unsold copies by the university press.
Alabama / the Southmemoryfaithlossregional identity
Bibliography
- The Bear Bryant Funeral Train (short story collection, 2005)
- "Report from Junction" (short story, published in The Atlantic Monthly, 2002)
- Portions of his 2001 University of Cincinnati dissertation containing several short stories
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- spare, metaphoric prosea style that balances realism and the uncannyelements of Southern Gothic
- Recurring Motifs
- Alabama landscapesreligion and ritualfamily and community breakdownmemory and echoes of the past
Legacy
Brad Vice's career is marked by recognition of his talent as a short story writer and by a major controversy over alleged textual borrowings from Carl Carmer. The University of Georgia Press rescinded the award and pulped unsold copies, but he also received public defenses from peers and saw a revised edition published in 2007; his legacy therefore remains contested.
Quotes
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"Distinguished and disturbing work, from a lavishly gifted new writer."
Source: Kirkus Reviews (review) (2005) -
"Vice has a gift for making the extraordinary plausible, for rendering complex motivations in spare but metaphoric language and searing details."
Source: Publishers Weekly (review) (2005)
Trivia
- The Bear Bryant Funeral Train won the Flannery O'Connor Award but the award was later rescinded and unsold copies were recalled after allegations of overlap with Carl Carmer's work.
- A revised edition was published by River City Publishing in 2007.
- In 2013 it was reported that Vice had been targeted by anonymous Wikipedia attacks by the user 'Qworty' (Robert Clark Young).