2008 Sullivan Prize Winner:

Marilyn Krysl

Marilyn Krysl is the winner of the University of Notre Dame's 2008 Sullivan Prize for her collection of stories, Dinner with Osama.

The Sullivan Prize, which began in 1996, is awarded biannually to an author who has already published at least one volume of short fiction. The winner receives a thousand dollars and publication by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Valerie Sayers and William O'Rourke, both professors of English and former directors of Notre Dame's Creative Writing Program, were the judges. O'Rourke commented that this year, "once again, the difficulty in judging was extreme; we had to contend with an excess of riches, many worthy mss., but Krysl's collection stood out amongst the many gems we had to consider."

Krysl has published three collections of stories and seven of poetry. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, The New Republic, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Short Stories 2000, O'Henry Prize Stories, Sudden Fiction and Sudden Stories.

Krysl is a former Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado, Bolder. She is the recipient of two NEA fellowships, and has taught ESL in the Peoples‚ Republic of China, served as Artist in Residence at the Center for Human Caring, worked as a volunteer for Peace Brigade International in Sri Lanka, and volunteered at the Kalighat Home for the Destitute and Dying administered by Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity in Calcutta. Dinner with Osama will be published by the ND Press in early 2008.

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