Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1990 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.
Stories include:
Leo E. Litwak The Eleventh Edition (first prize)
Peter Matthiessen Lumumba Lives (second prize)
Lore Segal The Reverse Bug (third prize)
Joyce Carol Oates Heat
Carolyn Osborn The Grands
James P. Blaylock Unidentified Objects
Jane Brown Gillette Sins Against Animals
Julie Schumacher The...

The O. Henry Prize Stories 1991collects 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The Sandstone Farmhouse by John Updike, which tells of a difficult relationship of a son and his mother over 50 years, takes the coveted top prize. The other stories in this collection are:
Joyce Carol Oates The Swimmers
Sharon Sheehe Stark Overland
Martha Lacy Hall The Apple-Green Triumph
Wayne Johnson Hippies, Indians, Buffalo
Perri Klass For Women Everywhere
Helen Norris Raisin Faces
Patricia Lear Powwow
...

Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1992 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.
Stories include:
Cynthia Ozick Puttermesser Paired (first prize)
Lucy Honig English as a Second Language
Tom McNeal What Happened to Tully
Amy Herrick Pinocchio s Nose
Murray Pomerance Decor
Joyce Carol Oates Why Don t You Come Live With Me It s Time
Mary Michael Wagner Acts of Kindness
Yolanda Barnes...

Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious award for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly

Established in 1918 as a memorial to the master of the short story genre, O. Henry, Prize Storieshas long been recognized as the premier forum for the contemporary story. The volume for 1993 carries forth the time-honored literary tradition in 23 selections as original and varied as the current trends in short fiction. The top prize for 1993 is awarded to Thom Jones s The Pugilist at Rest, which explores the interior depths of depression through the eyes of Vietnam vet and...

Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1994 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.
Stories include:
Alison Baker Better Be Ready Bout Half Past Eight (first prize)
John Rolfe Gardiner The Voyage Out (second prize)
Lorrie Moore Terrific Mother (third prize)
Stuart Dybek We Didn t
Marlin Barton Jeremiah s Road
Kelly Cherry Not the Phil Donahue Show
Elizabeth Cox The Third of July
Terry...

So many great novels in the Western canon began as mere magazine stories. In this amazing collection, editor William Abrahams brings the best literature that periodicals had to give during 1995. These prize winning stories will not only entertain but give a glimpse into the mindset of the mid-nineties.

For the past three decades, William Abrahams has selected the O. Henry Award winners. Building on a tradition that spans over three quarters of a century, The O. Henry Awards has been "widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction" ("The Atlantic Monthly). Every year, Abrahams has chosen a diverse group of stories and writers to creat a collection that includes perennial favorites as well as an increasing number of lesser known writers, many of whom have gone on to become seminal voices in current American fiction. "Prize Stories 1996 is both William Abrahams's...

Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its 82-year history. O. Henry first-prize winners have included Dorothy Parker, William Faulkner, Truman Capote, John Cheever, John Updike, and Cynthia Ozick as well as some lesser-known writers such as Alison Baker and Cornelia Nixon. Many talented writers who were known when first chosen for an O. Henry Award later went on to become seminal voices of contemporary fiction. Representative of the very best in contemporary American and Canadian fiction, these are...

Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its 82-year history. O. Henry first-prize winners have included Dorothy Parker, William Faulkner, Truman Capote, John Cheever, John Updike, and Cynthia Ozick as well as some lesser-known writers such as Alison Baker and Cornelia Nixon. Many talented writers who were known when first chosen for an O. Henry Award later went on to become seminal voices of contemporary fiction. Representative of the very best in contemporary American and Canadian fiction, these are...

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...