#  Junior Fellow Linda Kinster wins Commonweal Short Fiction Prize 

 





June 25, 2026

 

 

Current Junior Fellow [Linda Kinstler](/people/linda-kinstler "Linda Kinstler") won the third annual Commonweal Prize for Short Fiction for her short story, “Waidmannslust," which is her first published work of short fiction. Linda is also a contributing writer to *The New York Times Magazine* and the author of [*Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends*](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/linda-kinstler/come-to-this-court-and-cry/9781541702615/?lens=publicaffairs), which was shortlisted for the Wingate Prize for Jewish literature and awarded a Whiting Award for Nonfiction.

Read the full press release [here](https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/news/commonweal-announces-winner-its-2026-prize-short-fiction) and "Waidmannslust" [here](https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/waidmannslust).



 

 

 



 

 

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