Prize Stories 2000 The O. Henry Awards [Paperback]

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.High praise forPrize Stories 1999:

"Prize Storiesis eerier, broodier, chancier, and ultimately more alive to the genre's exhilarating unpredictability [thanThe Best American Short Stories]."--Entertainment Weekly

"Interesting and unconventional."--Seattle Post-IntelligencerLarry Dark is the editor of four other anthologies,Literary Outtakes,The Literary Ghost,The Literary Lover, andThe Literary Traveler. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Michael Cunningham is the author, most recently, ofThe Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in New York City. Pam Houston is the author ofCowboys Are My BusinessandWaltzing the Cat. She teaches at the University of California, Davis and lives in Colorado. George Saunders is the authorCivilWarLand in Bad DeclineandPastoralia.US