"It is a real voice, unique, unforgettable, generous, and warm and one which provides us with a sense of community and the full experience of life."
Bryan Washington won the £30,000 (about $38,160) International Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut short story collection, Lot. Sponsored by Swansea University, the award recognizes the "best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under."
Chair of the judges Dai Smith said Washington’s collection "does what all great fiction does, finds a style that can open up a world that is otherwise unknowable and he does it with wit and grace. It is a real voice, unique, unforgettable, generous, and warm and one which provides us with a sense of community and the full experience of life. As one of the judges said he has a country and western kickass voice."
Click here to read the Lone Star Lit review from March 2019. Click here to read our interview with Washington.
Bryan Washington has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, BuzzFeed, Vulture, The Paris Review, Tin House, One Story, Bon Appétit, MUNCHIES, American Short Fiction, GQ, FADER, The Awl, and Catapult. His first short story collection, Lot: Stories, was published by Riverhead Books on March 19, 2019. He lives in Houston. Visit him online at https://brywashing.com/
