Prize Stories 2001

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