We are excited to see so many Sewanee alums appear on the longlist for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award, the world's richest prize for the short story. Previous winners have included Jhumpa Lahiri, Miranda July, and Haruki Murakami. Among this year's nominees are Richard Bausch (Faculty, Fiction, 2003-2005, 2007, 2009, 2010; Visitor, Fiction, 2008), Pinckney Benedict (Faculty, Fiction, 1998), Holly Goddard Jones (Peter Taylor Scholar, Fiction, 2006), Lorraine M. Lopez (Walter E. Dakin Fellow, Fiction, 2002), Ron Rash (Tennessee Williams Scholar, Poetry, 1995), and Laura van den Berg (Tennessee Williams Scholar, Fiction 2009). We want to congratulate these nominees and we look forward to seeing the shortlist of six authors in July.