In the Green Room at Symphony Space: (L to R) Sonia Manzano, Jane Curtin, and Kate Burton, who performed stories by the three finalists.
The Director of The Story Prize, Larry Dark, introduces the program.
Jane Curtin performs "My Shape" by Joan Silber, from Ideas of Heaven.
Finalist Joan Silber heads to the stage to take a bow.
Kate Burton performs Cathy Day's "Circus People" from The Circus in Winter by Cathy Day.
Finalist Cathy Day onstage after the performance of her story.
Sonia Manzano performs Edwidge Danticat's "Book of Miracles" from The Dew Breaker.
Finalist Edwidge Danticat takes the stage after her story is performed.
Accepting The Story Prize: (L to R) Edwidge Danticat; Julie Lindsey, Founder of The Story Prize; and Isaiah Sheffer, Director of Selected Shorts.
(L to R) Julie Lindsey (Founder of The Story Prize), Edwidge Danticat (winner), Cathy Day (finalist), Joan Silber (finalist), Larry Dark (Director of The Story Prize).
The Finalists for The Story Prize: winner Edwidge Danticat, Cathy Day, and Joan Silber
National Book Award winner Lilly Tuck with Julie Lindsey, Founder of The Story Prize
Finalist Joan Silber with Isaiah Sheffer, Director of Selected Shorts
Edwidge Danticat, winner of The Story Prize, holding the engraved silver bowl she received, with her editor Robin Desser of Knopf.
Finalist Cathy Day, author of The Circus in Winter.
Edwidge Danticat accepting The Story Prize at Symphony Space in New York City on Jan. 26, 2005.
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