We are delighted to announce that Joan Leegant’s story “Beautiful Souls” was selected by final judge Ron Carlson as the winner of the 2011 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction! Ms. Leegant will receive $1,500 and her story will appear in the fall/winter 2011 issue of Colorado Review.

Joan Leegant is the author of a story collection, An Hour in Paradise, winner of the PEN/New England Book Award and the Wallant Award, and a novel, Wherever You Go. Formerly a lawyer, she divides her time between Boston and Tel Aviv, where she teaches writing at Bar-Ilan University.