Popular won the Carey Thomas Award in 1976 for distinguished fiction in mass-market publishing under editorial director Patrick O'Connor.

Ward Just left daily journalism some 20 years ago and, lucky for lovers of distinguished fiction, turned his talents to novels and short stories.

As a gentleman trained in philosophy, a writer of distinguished fiction, an honored academic, Mr. Gass has his rights, if not every right, to remain sore.

The awards are for the the most distinguished fiction and nonfiction books published between Nov. 1, 1987 and Oct. 1, 1988.

Occasional pieces, reviews and contemplations, both literary and philosophical, offered up by a writer of distinguished fiction and an honored academic.

Two brothers, both writers of distinguished fiction, tell how they managed to lose more than $300,000.

The Golden Spur Awards are literature awards given for distinguished western fiction about the American West by the Western Writers of America.

The Dictionary of Literary Biography awarded the book its literary prize for the most distinguished fiction for 1995.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life.

Two brothers, both writers of distinguished fiction, tell how they lost more than $300,000 and managed to be indicted for cheating as well.