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Prize Stories 1999

The O. Henry Awards

Larry Dark

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English
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
15 October 1999
The seventy-ninth anniversary of this annual collection of short stories ""widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction."" (The Atlantic Monthly).

Edited and with an introduction by Larry Dark 1999 Top-Prize Selection Jury- Sherman Alexie, Stephen King, Lorrie Moore

Established in 1918 as a memorial to O.

Henry, this esteemed annual collection has presented a remarkable collection of stories over the years. Recently, Series Editor Larry Dark has incorporated some exciting changes- a magazine award, the eligibility of stories from Canadian magazines, a list of fifty Honorable Mention stories, an expanded listing of publications consulted, and a celebrity author top-prize jury.

Representing the very best in contemporary American and Canadian fiction, Prize Stories 1999- The O.

Henry Awards is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied short stories brimming with life--proof of the continuing strength and variety of the genre.
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Imprint:   Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   1999 ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   593g
ISBN:   9780385493581
ISBN 10:   0385493584
Series:   The O. Henry Prize Collection
Pages:   464
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Larry Dark is a graduate of Columbia University's M.F.A. creative writing programand the editor of four additional anthologies- Literary Outtakes, The Literary Ghost, The Literary Lover, and The Literary Traveler. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Sherman Alexie, a former O.Henry prizewinner, has most recently published a novel, Indian Killer, as well as a collection of short stories about Native American life entitled The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, which was the basis of the award-winning film Smoke Signals. Stephen King is the author of countless bestselling novels, including his latest chart buster, Bag of Bones. He was the 1996 O.Henry Awards top-prize winner. Lorrie Moore is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and won the top honor in Prize Stories 1998. She is the author of two novels and three short-story collections, including her latest, Birds of America.

Reviews for Prize Stories 1999: The O. Henry Awards

High praise for Prize Stories 1998 Absorbing, often dazzling...It suggests a new and exciting direction not only for the series but also for the ongoing relevance and vibrancy of the American story. --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Full of powerful performances. --Publishers Weekly


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