"carapace" by Matthew Ryan Frankel Wins the 2023 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
Via Electric Literature
Summary
Frankel's story "Carapace" was selected by novelist Anthony Doerr as the winner of the 2023 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize, an annual award administered by the stage and radio series Selected Shorts at Symphony Space in New York. The prize recognizes outstanding short fiction, with a guest author judge choosing the winner from a pool of submissions each year.
In the story, a young boy navigates grief and emotional confusion at his grandfather's funeral, with crabs serving as a central metaphorical presence. The story was later performed as part of the Selected Shorts audio series, which brings short fiction to life through dramatic readings by professional performers.
