Marjorie Hudson (fiction, ’00):  Marjorie’s collection of short stories Accidental Birds of the Carolinas (2011, Press 53) received honorable mention in the 2012 PEN Hemingway Awards.  Her stories “document contemporary and historical characters facing love and loss, crossing boundaries between native Southerner and newcomer, and walking a fine line between tragedy and delight.”

You can read the title story from the collection at the Center for Fiction online.