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In Memoriam: On March 14th 2003, a plane carrying Amanda Davis and her parents crashed into a mountain in North Carolina. There were no survivors. Amanda's friends and family have set up memorial funds in her name. The
Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award is a $5,000 grant
awarded to a young woman writer 32 years or younger, in memory of
Amanda. The award is run by the good people at McSweeney's. We are making donations to The MacDowell Colony, one of Amanda's favorite places on earth, to create a memorial in her name in the new library.
Please take a look at the tribute site on McSweeney's Read the New York Times article "She Made New York Hers" Read "A Generation's Lost Voice" by Ayelet Waldman in The Forward Read the San Francisco Chronicle appreciation here. Read Amanda's story "Louisiana Loses its Cricket Hum" here Read "Fat Ladies Floated in the Sky Like Balloons" here Read Remarks by Cornelia Nixon at the San Francisco Public Library Read "Books Left Unwritten" by Michael Chabon in The New York Times Magazine Read "Remembering Amanda Davis" by Heidi Julavits in Poets & Writers Read "The Amazing Rapunzle Finelli Hangs by Her Hair" by Anthony Schneider in McSweeney's Read "Wonder When You'll Miss Me" by Elissa Schappell in Real Simple Read
"Missing Amanda Davis" by Dawn Dreyer in Independent Weekly
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