Prize Stories: the O. Henry Awards

Jacket Description/Flap: An Anchor Original The 80th anniversary edition of "the nation's most prestigious awards for the short story."--"The Atlantic Monthly Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award the top prizes. The result is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and Canadian fiction. Review Quotes: High praise for Prize Stories 1999: "Prize Stories is eerier, broodier, chancier, and ultimately more alive to the genre's exhilarating unpredictability [than The Best American Short Stories]."--"Entertainment Weekly" "Interesting and unconventional."--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer"Review Quotes: High praise for Prize Stories 1999 "Prize Stories is eerier, broodier, chancier, and ultimately more alive to the genre's exhilarating unpredictability [than The Best American Short Stories]."--"Entertainment Weekly" "Interesting and unconventional."--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer"Biographical Note: Larry Dark is the editor of four other anthologies, Literary Outtakes, The Literary Ghost, The Literary Lover, and The Literary Traveler. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Michael Cunningham is the author, most recently, of The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in New York City. Pam Houston is the author of Cowboys Are My Business and Waltzing the Cat. She teaches at the University of California, Davis and lives in Colorado. George Saunders is the author CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Pastoralia. Review Quotes: High praise for Prize Stories 1999 "Prize Stories is eerier, broodier, chancier, and ultimately more alive to the genre's exhilarating unpredictability [than The Best American Short Stories]."--"Entertainment Weekly""Interesting and unconventional."--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer"Publisher Marketing: Presents short stories that have won the O. Henry Award for each year. Review Citations:

Booklist 09/01/2000 pg. 67 (EAN 9780385498777, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 08/21/2000 pg. 48 (EAN 9780385498777, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 08/18/2000 (EAN 9780385498777, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2000 pg. 1303 (EAN 9780385498777, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 08/16/1999 pg. 64 (EAN 9780385493581, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/1999 pg. 1149 (EAN 9780385493581, Paperback)

Entertainment Weekly 11/05/1999 pg. 73 (EAN 9780385493581, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Dark, Larry Dark is a graduate of Columbia University's M. F. A. creative writing program.