2006 Calvino Prize
Second Annual Calvino Prize was awarded to
Nina Shope of Denver, Colorado
2006 Finalists
First Place: In Urbem by Nina Shope
Second Place: Chestnut Season: Stories by Margaret M. Luongo
The Birthday Rooms by William Alexander
Dinner with a Matador by Charles Antin
Travelers' Lounge on the Red Eye by John Domini
A small book of new animals by Seth Ellis
Chapter Five: May
(excerpt from 365 Stories for the Education of Children, With Additional Stories for Special Occasions, and Morals Applicable for All Occasions) by Ivan Faute
Vader, ..., Oreu by Thomas Gough
Miss Tar Baby, Dark and Lovely and Such (as Told to Mr. J.C. Harris) by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
The Blue Planet by Rachel Kadish
Open Me: Novel by Sunshine O'Donnell
Interstitial Touring Guide (an excerpt) by Jay Orff
The Great Amphibian by Michelle Richmond
Boom! by Kimberly Jean Smith
Providence by Jessica Treadway