The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003

Widely regarded as the nations most prestigious awards for short fiction (The Atlantic Monthly) an exciting selection of the twenty best short storieswith brief essays from each of the three distinguished judgesDavid Guterson Diane Johnson and Jennifer Eganon their favorite story. Since its establishment in 1919 the O. Henry Prize stories collection has offered an exciting selection of the best stories published in hundreds of literary magazines every year. Such classic works of American literature as Ernest Hemingways The Killers (1927); William Faulkners Barn Burning (1939); Carson McCullers A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud (1943); Shirley Jacksons The Lottery (1949); J.D. Salingers For Esme with Love and Squalor (1963); John Cheevers The Country Husband (1956) ; and Flannery OConners Everything that Rises Must Converge (1963) all were O. Henry Prize stories. . An accomplished new series editornovelist and short story writer Laura Furmanhas read more than a thousand stories to identify the 20 winners each one a pleasure to read today each one a potential classic. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 also contains brief essays from each of the three distinguished judges on their favorite story and comments from the prize-winning writers on what inspired their stories. There is nothing like the ever rich surprising and original O. Henry collection for enjoying the contemporary short story.. The Thing in the Forest A. S. Byatt The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr Burn Your Maps Robyn Jay Leff Lush Bradford Morrow Gods Goodness Marjorie Kemper Bleed Blue in Indonesia Adam Desnoyers The Story Edith Pearlman Swept Away T. Coraghessan Boyle Meanwhile Ann Harleman Three Days. A Month. More. Douglas Light The High Road Joan Silber Election Eve Evan S. Connell Irish Girl Tim Johnston What Went Wrong Tim OBrien The American Embassy Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Kissing William Kittredge Sacred Statues William Trevor Two Words Molly Giles Train Dreams Denis Johnson