Winners and Finalists Announced for the 2010 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

Congratulations to the winners & finalists of the 2010 William Saroyan Prize!

• Winner for Fiction: Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen
• Winner for Nonfiction: The King Of Vodka by Linda Himelstein

Intended to encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan literary legacy of originality, vitality and stylistic innovation, the Saroyan Prize recognizes newly published works of both fiction and non-fiction.

The two finalists for each award were:

Non-Fiction:

• Trauma Farm by Brian Brett (Greystone)
• Aesop's Mirror by MaryAlice Huggins (FSG)

Fiction:

• Apologize, Apologize!by Elizabeth Kelly (Random House)
• Concord, Virginia by Peter Neofotis (St. Martin's Press)