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For distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

The Optimist's Daughter , by Eudora Welty (Random )

The Jury

Herman Kogan(Chair)

Editor, Book Week, Chicago Sun-Times

Guy Davenport

Professor of English, University of Kentucky

Edmund Fuller

Book Critic, The Wall Street Journal

Winners in Fiction

1973 Prize Winners