Shortlist:
Over 150 entries were received for the 2003 Saroyan Prize
competition; of these, fifteen were shortlisted.
Robert Baldwin, The Water Thief (Miami, FL : GreyCore
Press) Novel.
Tom Barbash, The Last Good Chance (New York : Picador)
Novel
Viken Berberian, The Cyclist (New York : Simon &
Shuster) Novel
Vivienne Cleven, Her Sister's Eye (St. Lucia : University
of Queensland Press) Novel
Diane Elliott, Strength of Stone (Guilford, CT :
TwoDot/Globe Pequot Press) Novel
Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated (New
York : Houghton Mifflin) Novel
Silas House, A Parchment of Leaves (Algonquin Books
of Chapel Hill) Novel
Hari Kunzru, The Impressionist (New York : EP Dutton)
Novel
Norah Labiner, Miniatures (St. Paul, MN : Coffee
House Press) Novel
Tom Noyes, Behold Faith and Other Stories (Chester
Springs, PA : Dufour Editions) Short Stories
Larry O'Connor, Tip of the Iceberg (Athens : University
of Georgia Press) Memoir
Gina Ochsner, The Necessary Grace to Fall (Athens
: University of Georgia Press) Short Stories
Mary Rakow, The Memory Room (Washington, DC : Counterpoint)
Novel
Adam Rapp, Nocturne (New York : Faber and Faber)
Drama
Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden (Charlotte, NC : Novello
Festival Press) Novel
