Plimpton Prize

The Plimpton Prize is an annual award of $10,000 given by "The Paris Review" to a previously unpublished or emerging author who has written a work of fiction that was recently published in their publication.

The award was named in honor of longtime editor of "The Paris Review", George Plimpton, who died in 2003. The Plimpton Prize is funded by Sarah Plimpton, his widow, and Terry McDonell, president of the Paris Review Board of Directors.

Winners of the Plimpton Prize

* 2002: Karl Iagnemma, for "On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction"
* 2003: Yiyun Li, for "Immortality"
* 2004: Malinda McCollum, for "The Fifth Wall"
* 2007: Benjamin Percy, for "Refresh, Refresh"
* 2008: Jesse Ball, for "The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp, and Carr"

References

http://www.parisreview.org/page.php/prmID/49