title: St. Francis College Literary Prize
text: # St. Francis College Literary Prize
  
  The St. Francis College Literary Prize is a biennial literary award inaugurated in 2009. The prize of US$50,000 is presented to a mid-career author in honor of a third to fifth book of fiction. The winner is selected by a jury and invited to St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, for a speech. The SFC Literary Prize is meant to offer encouragement and significant financial support to a mid-career writer. The winner of the prize is announced from a whittled down shortlist during the Brooklyn Book Festival every other year in September.
  
  ## Winners and shortlist
  
  Blue Ribbon = winner
  
  2019
  
  * Jennifer Clement, Gun Love
  * Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body
  * Brandon Hobson, Where the Dead Sit Talking
  * Samantha Hunt, The Dark Dark
  * David Joy, The Line That Held Us
  * Danzy Senna, New People
  
  Jury: Chris Abani, Kate Christensen, Ron Currie
  
  2017
  
  * Amina Gautier, The Loss of All Lost Things
  * Mohsin Hamid, Exit West
  * Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone
  * Selah Saterstrom, Slab
  * Dana Spiotta, Innocents and Others
  * Deb Unferth, Wait Till You See Me Dance
  
  Jury: Ellen Litman, Jeffery Renard Allen, René Steinke
  
  2015
  
  * Paul Beatty, The Sellout
  * Maud Casey, The Man Who Walked Away
  * Stuart Dybek, Paper Lantern
  * David Gilbert, & Sons
  * Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings
  * Rene Steinke, Friendswood
  
  Jury: Sigrid Nunez, Erin McGraw, Daniel Torday
  
  2013
  
  * Carol Anshaw, Carry the One
  * Jami Attenberg, The Middlesteins
  * Tony D'Souza, Mule
  * Christopher Tilghman, The Right-Handed Shore
  * David Vann, Dirt
  
  Jury: Jonathan Dee, Peter Cameron, Kate Christensen.
  
  2011
  
  For books published between July 2009 and May 2011.
  
  * Kevin Brockmeier, The Illumination
  * Joshua Cohen, Witz
  * Jonathan Dee, The Privileges
  * Yiyun Li, Gold Boy Emerald Girl
  * Marlene van Niekerk, Agaat
  * Brad Watson, Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives
  
  Jury: Francine Prose, Rick Moody, Darcey Steinke.
  
  2009
  
  * Aleksandar Hemon, Love and Obstacles
  * Chris Abani, Song For Night
  * Jim Krusoe, Girl Factory
  * Arthur Phillips, The Song Is You
  
  Jury: Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Ben Marcus, Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon.
  
  