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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
It's been there for as long as the awards have been given, I believe. Dividing things into only "short story" and "novel" would be more bizarre. "If it's less than 60,000 words, it's a short story." would get people expressing concerns about your sanity.
The odd man out actually tends to be the novella, and there has been squabbling about what it is.
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Dennis
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The tough part it to figuring he what is the max length. 50 pages/20,00words is the typical starting point. it fades out around 40,00 word +- 5000 words, depending on whose defining.
I consider a well written novella to be some of the best writing there is.
Some examples. Steinbeck's
The Pearl and Capote's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Science fiction ones include Jack Vance's
The Last Castle and Sturgeon's
And Baby Makes Three