Prize Stories - (O. Henry Prize Collection) by Larry Dark (Paperback)

About the Book

The 79th anniversary of this annual collection of short stories "widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction" ("The Atlantic Monthly").

Book Synopsis

Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this esteemed annual collection has presented a remarkable collection of stories over the years. Recently, Series Editor Larry Dark has incorporated some exciting changes: a magazine award, the eligibility of stories from Canadian magazines, a list of fifty Honorable Mention stories, an expanded listing of publications consulted, and a celebrity-author top-prize jury.

Representing the very best in contemporary American and Canadian fiction, Prize Stories 1999: The O. Henry Awards is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied short stories brimming with life -- proof of the continuing strength and variety of the genre.

Review Quotes

High praise for Prize Stories 1998

"Absorbing, often dazzling...It suggests a new and exciting direction not only for the series but also for the ongoing relevance and vibrancy of the American story." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Full of powerful performances." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Larry Dark is a graduate of Columbia University's M.F.A. creative writing program and the editor of four additional anthologies: Literary Outtakes, The Literary Ghost, The Literary Lover, and The Literary Traveler. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Sherman Alexie, a former O.Henry prizewinner, has most recently published a novel, Indian Killer, as well as a collection of short stories about Native American life entitled The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, which was the basis of the award-winning film Smoke Signals.

Stephen King is the author of countless bestselling novels, including his latest chart buster, Bag of Bones. He was the 1996 O.Henry Awards top-prize winner. Lorrie Moore is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and won the top honor in Prize Stories 1998. She is the author of two novels and three short-story collections, including her latest, Birds of America.