Shirley Jackson Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2017) Winner
Lindsey Drager
リンジー・ドラジャー
Rinjī Dorajā
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1986-10-09 （Toledo, Ohio）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Allendale, Michigan → Illinois → Denver, Colorado → Charleston, South Carolina → Utah
Career
- Occupations
- author, professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 2015-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Utah, West Branch (associate fiction editor)
- Influenced By
- M.C. Escher, Rikki Ducornet, Carole Maso, Renee Gladman, Zora Neale Hurston, Kate Bernheimer, Kathryn Davis, Mary Shelley, Percival Everett, Thalia Field, Donald Barthelme, Michael Ondaatje, Herman Melville
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | — | writing and English language and literature | BA | — | United States |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | — | fiction | MFA | — | United States |
| University of Denver | — | PhD program | — | — | United States |
Grand Valley State University
writing and English language and literature
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
fiction
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Richard Powersの下で学ぶ
University of Denver
PhD program
Country:
United States
Entered PhD program, editor of Denver Quarterly
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Prize | The Sorrow Proper | — | Binghamton University | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Bard Fiction Prize | The Archive of Alternate Endings | — | Bard College | 受賞 |
| 2020 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Prose | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Prize
2016
Work:
The Sorrow Proper
Organization:
Binghamton University
Result:
受賞
Bard Fiction Prize
2022
Work:
The Archive of Alternate Endings
Organization:
Bard College
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Prose
2020
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 103 (2025) WinnerWork: Blackbirds
"Blackbirds" is a short story selected for the O. Henry Prize 2025 anthology. In a compact sequence of scenes, it captures shifts in relationships and emotional tension.
A sharp short story included in the O. Henry Prize 2025 anthology.
short storyrelationshipsemotional tension
Works
Major Works
The Sorrow Proper
2015 novelexplores the hypothetical end of the public library system
librariesloss
The Lost Daughter Collective
2017 novelgender-bending gothic cautionary tale
genderbody
The Archive of Alternate Endings
2019 novelarchive of alternate endings to the Pied Piper fairy tale
endingshistory
The Avian Hourglass
2024 novelStyle & Themes
- Literary Style
- influenced by visual artreveals how language behaves
- Recurring Motifs
- the bodygovernance by time
Legacy
Known for innovative novels exploring body and language
Quotes
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Daughters live in places the men cannot access
Source: Tupelo Quarterly interview (2017)