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Since 1981 the prize, initiated by Mrs. Drue Heinz and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel , has recognized and supported writers of short fiction and made their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or Novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Warren , Joyce Carol Oates , Raymond Carver , Margaret Atwood , Russell Banks , Michael Chabon , Frank Conroy , Richard Ford , John Edgar Wideman , Nadine Gordimer , and Rick Moody . The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University Of Pittsburgh Press . The winner is announced in February of each year. EXTERNAL LINKS
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