Peter Selgin

Winner, Pirate Alley / Faulkner Society Prize for Novel, 2011
First Finalist, Missouri Review Editor’s Prize, “Titanic Obsession,” 2011
Finalist, Bakeless Prize / Creative Nonfiction, Landscape w/ English Teacher, 2010
Finalist, Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, Landscape w/ English Teacher, 2010
Finalist, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, Life Goes to the Movies, 2010
Winner*, AWP Award for the Novel, Life Goes to the Movies, 2008
Second Place, AWP Award for the Novel, Life Goes to the Movies, 2007
Winner, Flannery O’Connor Award for Fiction, Drowning Lessons, 2007
Second Place, Ohio State University Press Prize, Drowning Lessons, 2007
Finalist, Jefferson Press Prize for Fiction, Drowning Lessons, 2007
Finalist, Iowa Fiction Awards, “Bodies of Water,” Drowning Lessons, 2005
Finalist, James Jones First Novel Fellowship, Life Goes to the Movies, 2005
Finalist, James Jones First Novel Fellowship, Life Goes to the Movies, 2004
Winner, Stage 3 Theatre New Play Festival, “A God in the House,” 2007
Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award, “Man in the White Car,” 2001
Lemme Best Children’s Book Award, S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic, 1999
Finalist, Raymond Carver Short Story Contest,
“Wednesday at the Bagel Shop,” 1995
Finalist, Eugene O’Neill Center National Playwright’s Conference,
“Landscape w/English Teacher,” 1993
Finalist, Eugene O’Neill Center National Playwright’s Conference,
“Mephistopheles Among the Mosquitoes,” 1992
Mill Mountain Theatre New Plays Award, “A God in the House,” 1992
National Playwright’s Conference Award, “A God in the House,” 1991
Charlotte Repertory New Plays Award, “Night Blooming Serious,” 1991
Finalist, Marvin Taylor Playwriting Award, “Night Blooming Serious,” 1990