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Prize Stories 2001
By Larry DarkPublisher Description
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 top prizes. The result is a superb collection of seventeen inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and Canadian fiction.
FIRST PRIZE
MARY SWAN
The Deep
SECOND PRIZE
DAN CHAON
Big Me
FRED G. LEEBRON
That Winter
T.CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
The Love of My Life
JOYCE CAROL OATES
The Girl with the Blackened Eye
DAVID SCHICKLER
The Smoker
ANTONYA NELSON
Female Trouble
ELIZABETH GRAVER
The Mourning Door
PICKNEY BENEDICT
Zog-19: A Scientific Romance
RON CARLSON
At the Jim Bridger
LOUISE EDRICH
Revival Road
WILLIAM GAY
The Paperhanger
DALE PECK
Bliss
MURAD KALAM
Bow Down
GEORGE SAUNDERS
Pastoralia
ANDREA BARRETT
Servants of the Map
FIRST PRIZE
MARY SWAN
The Deep
SECOND PRIZE
DAN CHAON
Big Me
FRED G. LEEBRON
That Winter
T.CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
The Love of My Life
JOYCE CAROL OATES
The Girl with the Blackened Eye
DAVID SCHICKLER
The Smoker
ANTONYA NELSON
Female Trouble
ELIZABETH GRAVER
The Mourning Door
PICKNEY BENEDICT
Zog-19: A Scientific Romance
RON CARLSON
At the Jim Bridger
LOUISE EDRICH
Revival Road
WILLIAM GAY
The Paperhanger
DALE PECK
Bliss
MURAD KALAM
Bow Down
GEORGE SAUNDERS
Pastoralia
ANDREA BARRETT
Servants of the Map
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About Larry Dark
Larry Dark is the editor of four anthologies, Literary Outtakes, The Literary Ghost, The Literary Lover, and The Literary Traveler. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Michael Chabon is the author, most recently, of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. He lives in northern California. Mary Gordon is the author of Final Payments, The Company of Women and most recently the biography Joan of Arc. She is a professor of English at Barnard College. Mona Simpson is the author of Off Keck Road and Anywhere But Here. She is a professor at Bard College.
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