Willa Richards (MFA, 2015) was selected as a winner of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her short story, "Failure to Thrive", published by The Paris Review (Winter 2019).

The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine or cultural website and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers.

For more information:

The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

“Failure to Thrive” by Willa C. Richards (The Paris Review)