Prize Stories 2000 The O. Henry Awards
by DARK, LARRYFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-09-12
Publisher(s): Anchor
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
Larry Dark is the editor of four other anthologies, <b>Literary Outtakes</b>, <b>The Literary Ghost</b>, <b>The Literary Lover</b>, and <b>The Literary Traveler</b>. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Michael Cunningham is the author, most recently, of <b>The Hours</b>, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in New York City. Pam Houston is the author of <b>Cowboys Are My Business</b> and <b>Waltzing the Cat</b>. She teaches at the University of California, Davis and lives in Colorado. George Saunders is the author <b>CivilWarLand in Bad Decline</b> and <b>Pastoralia</b>.
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| Contributors' Notes | 353 | (12) | |||
| Jurors | 365 | (2) | |||
| Short-Listed Stories | 367 | (12) | |||
| 2000 Magazine Award: The Atlantic Monthly | 379 | (2) | |||
| Magazines Consulted | 381 | (28) | |||
| Permissions Acknowledgments | 409 |
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