Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 64 (2017) Winner
Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
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Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1979-03-17 （Chicago, Illinois, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chicago (birthplace) → Washington (state) (considered home)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Academic
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- Antioch University (Creative Writing Program)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Lutheran University | — | English | BA | 1995-1999 | United States |
| University of California, Davis | — | Creative Writing / Fiction | MA | 2001-2003 | United States |
Pacific Lutheran University
English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1995-1999
Year of Graduation:
1999
Country:
United States
University of California, Davis
Creative Writing / Fiction
Degree:
MA
Period:
2001-2003
Year of Graduation:
2003
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | What We Do With the Wreckage | — | University of Georgia Press | 受賞 |
| — | PEN/O. Henry Prize | — | — | O. Henry Award / PEN | 受賞 |
| 2009 | MacDowell Fellowship | — | — | MacDowell Colony | フェローシップ |
| 2016 | Jack Straw Cultural Center Fellowship | — | — | Jack Straw Cultural Center | フェローシップ |
| 2019 | The Best American Short Stories 2019 (100 Distinguished Stories of 2018) | Short stories "Where Have the Vanished Girls Gone?" and "Endlings" | — | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (editorial series) | 選出（100 Distinguished Stories） |
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
2017
Work:
What We Do With the Wreckage
Organization:
University of Georgia Press
Result:
受賞
PEN/O. Henry Prize
Organization:
O. Henry Award / PEN
Result:
受賞
MacDowell Fellowship
2009
Organization:
MacDowell Colony
Result:
フェローシップ
Jack Straw Cultural Center Fellowship
2016
Organization:
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Result:
フェローシップ
The Best American Short Stories 2019 (100 Distinguished Stories of 2018)
2019
Work:
Short stories "Where Have the Vanished Girls Gone?" and "Endlings"
Organization:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (editorial series)
Result:
選出（100 Distinguished Stories）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
This Life She's Chosen
2005 Short story collectionAn early collection of short stories exploring everyday emotional landscapes and fraught human relationships.
familychoicesdomestic tension
Swimming with Strangers
2008 Short story collectionA collection of stories about encounters with strangers, loneliness, and questions of belonging.
lonelinessrelationships with othersbelonging
What We Do With the Wreckage
2018 Short story collectionA short story collection focused on wreckage, loss, and repair in people's lives. Includes the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection.
lossrecoverycomplexity of family
Bibliography
- This Life She's Chosen (2005)
- Swimming with Strangers (2008)
- What We Do With the Wreckage: Stories (2018)
- Anthology contributions (various)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realist short fictionCharacter-driven proseDetailed descriptive passages
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of familyloss and recoveryhomecoming / homesickness
Legacy
Recognized as a notable contemporary American short fiction writer; her Flannery O'Connor Award and other honors have highlighted her contribution to the short story form. Her teaching work has influenced emerging writers.
Trivia
- Won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction in 2017; What We Do With the Wreckage was published in 2018.
- Has received a PEN / O. Henry Prize.
- Faculty member in Antioch University's Creative Writing Program.
- Reported to be married and to have children.