The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels.Poets & Writers, September/October 1997Greensboro News & Record October 1, 2000Greensboro News & Record September 24, 2000Greensboro News & Record October 27, 2002Greensboro News & Record October 24, 1999Sabo, Elma. Literary Notes, News & Record (Greensboro, NC), October 30, 2005Writers Notebook, Winston-Salem Journal, October 26, 2003 It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.Poets & Writers, September/October 2000 The competition is based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The judges for the competition include Scottish novelist Margot Livesey.
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 Wilson 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
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