From 130 to six, the short list is out for the $50,000 St. Francis College Literary Prize, one of the richest literary awards in the United States. Authors on the 2015 shortlist are: Paul Beatty, The Sellout (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) Maud Casey, The Man Who Walked Away (Bloomsbury USA) Stuart Dybek, Paper Lantern (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) David Gilbert, & Sons (Random House) Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings (Riverhead) René Steinke, Friendswood (Riverhead)

With a grade of A- from Money Magazine, St. Francis College was again recognized on the magazines Best College's List. The recognition comes in the same week that St. Francis was selected as one of America's Top Colleges by Forbes, the eighth year in a row the College has made that list.