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Yiyun Li's 'Wednesday's Child' among among finalists for $20,000 prize honoring short stories
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NEW YORK (AP) — Short fiction by Yiyun Li, Bennett Sims and Paul Yoon are finalists for the 20th annual Story Prize, given for the year's outstanding short story collection. Prize officials announced Tuesday that the nominees are Li's “Wednesday's Child,” Sims' “Other Minds and Other Stories” and Yoon's “The Hive and the Honey.” The Story Prize was founded in 2004 by editor Larry Dark and philanthropist Julie Lindsey, who pick the finalists. Three outside judges then choose the winners.