2015 Thurber Prize for American Humor

From Thurber House:

Congratulations to the three finalists for the 2015 Thurber Prize for American Humor!

Roz Chast, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Annabelle Gurwitch, I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50

Julie Schumacher, Dear Committee Members

The Thurber Prize for American Humor is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects the three finalists from a selection of seven or eight semi finalists. Books and ebooks published in 2014 were eligible for the 2015 Thurber Prize.

The ceremony will be held in New York City on Monday, September 28, at Caroline’s Comedy Club on Broadway. The host will be Henry Alford, frequent contributor to the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker; and author of several books including Big Kiss and Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That?

The prize winner receives $5,000 and a commemorative plaque, and is invited to Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio as the featured guest at a special event within one year of winning the award.

The judges for the 2015 prize were:

David Giffels: author of The Hard Way on Purpose and All the Way Home; an award-winning journalist and former columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal; was a writer for the MTV series, “Beavis and Butt-Head.”

Liza Donnelly: New Yorker cartoonist and finalist for the 2014 Thurber Prize for her book, Women on Men.

Sloane Crosley: Thurber Prize finalist for her first book, I Was Told There’d be Cake, and author of the bestseller, How Did You Get This Number? Her first novel, The Clasp, will be published in 2015.