Danielle Evans Wins 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize
Danielle Evans, the author of 'The Office of Historical Corrections (Riverhead) and others, has been named 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Recipient by nonprofit the New Literary Project, which was formerly the Simpson Literary Project. The Prize annually honors a mid-career author of fiction who has earned a "distinguished reputation and the widespread approbation and gratitude of readers" and recognizes "emerged and continually emerging authors of major consequence—short stories and/or novels—at the relatively middle stage of a burgeoning career." Prize winners receive a $50,000 award. Evans will take up short-term residency at University of California Berkeley during the spring Semester of 2022, and be featured in a virtual Meet the Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner event on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET in conversation with Joyce Carol Oates.
