Dana Award

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The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.^[8] The competition is based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The judges for the competition include Scottish novelist Margot Livesey.^{[citation needed]}

Notable recipients include Michael Pritchett, Danielle Trussoni, Tina Chang, and Stephen Lovely.

Past winners

Novel

1996 – Ellen B. Coggeshall for The Rabies Tree
1997 – Jennifer Natalya Fink for The Mikveh Queen
1998 – Owen Goodwyne
1999 – Joette Hayashigawa
2000 – Michael Pritchett for The Final Effort of the Archer
2001 – Danielle Trussoni for Tunnel Rat
2002 – BK Loren for Thicker Than Water
2003 – Tatjana Soli for The Lotus Eaters
2004 – Stephen Lovely for Irreplaceable
2005 – Paul Graham for A Trained Voice
2006 – Harvey Grossinger for The Caretaker’s Niece
2007 – Thad Nodine for Going Home
2008 – Rebecca Berg for Julio's Ghost
2009 – Tippets Jensen for The Good Deed
2010 – Patrick E. Horrigan for Portraits at an Exhibition
2011 – Sean Murphy for Wilson's Way
2012 – Scott Lambridis for The Many Raymond Days
2013 – N.S. Keonings for Goatsong
2014 – Boman Desai for The Elephant Graveyard
2015 – Nancy Swan for Escalante Moon
2016 – Misha Rai for Blood We Did Not Spill

Short fiction

1999 – Jacob M. Appel
2000 – Robert C. Goodwin
2001 – Laren Stover
2003 – Alma Garcia
2004 – Glori Simmons
2005 – Catherine Gentile
2006 – Paula W. Peterson
2007 – Deanne Lundin
2008 – Patricia Brieschke
2009 – Matthew Pitt
2010 – Nicole Louise Reid
2011 – Rebecca Givens Rolland
2012 – Paul Hastings
2013 – Skye Anicca
2014 – BD Feil
2015 – Brenda Peynado
2016 – Allison Alsup

Poetry

1996 – Tina Chang
1997 – Sandra Stone
1999 – Catherine M. Stearns
2000 – K.E. Allen
2001 – Ronald G. Wardall
2002 – Laura-Gray Street
2003 – Simeon Berry
2004 – Evan Oakley
2005 – Sam Witt
2006 – Camille Dungy
2007 – Sandra Stone
2008 – Allen Braden
2009 – Jeanne Marie Beaumont
2010 – Julie Weber
2011 – Jeannie Gambill
2012 – Tom Daley
2013 – Brandi George
2014 – John Blair
2015 – Rachel Dilworth
2016 – Mark Wagenaar

Essay

2011 – Peter Selgin

See also

List of literary awards

Notes

^ Poets & Writers, September/October 1997
^ Greensboro News & Record October 1, 2000
^ Greensboro News & Record September 24, 2000
^ Greensboro News & Record October 27, 2002
^ Greensboro News & Record October 24, 1999
^ Sabo, Elma. Literary Notes, News & Record (Greensboro, NC), October 30, 2005
^ Writers Notebook, Winston-Salem Journal, October 26, 2003
^ Poets & Writers, September/October 2000