Prairie Schooner has announced the winners and runners-up for its annual awards for books of short fiction and poetry. The winners were chosen from 1,100 submissions from around the world. Winners receive $3,000 and publication by the University of Nebraska Press. Runners-up receive $1,000.

The winner of the 2009 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in short fiction is Ted Gilley of Bennington, Vt., for “Bliss.” Gilley is a native of southwestern Virginia but has lived in New England for 30 years.

The fiction runner-up is Garth Risk Hallberg of Brooklyn, N.Y., for “The Descent of Man: Stories.” Hallberg is the author of “A Field Guide to the North American Family,” a novella.

The winner of the 2009 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in poetry is Shane Book of San Francisco for “Fourth World.”

The runner-up in the poetry category is Nicole Cooley of Glen Ridge, N.J., for “Milk Dress.”

The competition, in its seventh year, runs Jan. 15 to March 15 annually. Submission details and a list of past winners are available online at http://go.unl.edu/43p.

Founded in 1927, Prairie Schooner is a national literary quarterly published with the support of the English Department at UNL. It publishes fiction, poetry, essays and reviews by beginning, mid-career and established writers.