The goal of The O. Henry Prize Stories remains to strengthen the art of the short story. Starting in 2003, The O. Henry Prize Stories is dedicated to a writer who has made a major contribution to the art of the short story. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 was dedicated to Sherwood Anderson, a U. Sherwood Anderson (September 13 1876 &ndash March 8 1941 was an American writer mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg Ohio S. short-story writer. Jurors for 2007 were Charles D'Ambrosio, Lily Tuck, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Charles D'Ambrosio is an American Short story writer and essayist Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author
For more information or complete lists of yearly winners, visit the O. Henry Prize Stories website. [3]
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- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: "Refuge in London" in Zoetrope, Vol. William Trevor, KBE (born 24 May 1928 is an Irish Short story writer novelist and playwright The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry Edward P Jones is an African American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry Deborah Eisenberg (born 1945 is an American Short-story writer actor and teacher Tin House is an American Literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. Alice Ann Munro ( Née Laidlaw; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer and three-time winner of Canada's The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born May 7, 1927) is a Booker prize-winning Novelist Short story writer and two-time A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures 7, No. 4, Winter 2003
- Sherman Alexie: "What You Pawn I Will Redeem" in The New Yorker, April 21, 2003
- Elizabeth Stuckey-French: "Mudlavia" in The Atlantic Monthly, Sept. Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr (born October 7, 1966) is an award-winning and prolific Author and occasional Comedian. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry The Atlantic (formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly) is an American Magazine founded in Boston in 1857 2003
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- Kevin Brockmeier: "The Ceiling” in McSweeney's, No. For Denis Johnson from London who invented the bicycle forerunner called "hoy horse" see Denis Johnson (inventor. The Paris Review is an English-language Literary magazine based in New York City. Dame Antonia Susan Duffy DBE (born Antonia Susan Drabble 24 August 1936 Sheffield, England) is a Postmodern Novelist The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry Kevin Brockmeier (born c1972 is an American Writer of Fantasy and literary Fiction. Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is a literary journal first published in 1998 edited by Dave Eggers. 7
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- Mary Swan: "The Deep” in The Malahat Review, No. 131
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- Peter Baida: "A Nurse's Story” in The Gettysburg Review, Vol. 13, No. 3
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- Lorrie Moore: "People Like That Are the Only People Here” in The New Yorker, January 27, 1997
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- Mary Gordon: "City Life” in Ploughshares, Vol. For the journalist please see Lori Moore Lorrie Moore (born Marie Lorena Moore on January 13, 1957 in Mary Catherine Gordon (born December 8 1949) is an American Writer and is the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. Ploughshares is an American Literary journal published quarterly by Emerson College. 22, No. 1
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- Stephen King: "The Man in the Black Suit” in The New Yorker, October 31, 1994
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- Thom Jones: "The Pugilist at Rest” in The New Yorker, December 2, 1991
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- Cynthia Ozick: "Puttermesser Paired” in The New Yorker, October 8, 1990
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- John Updike: "A Sandstone Farmhouse” in The New Yorker, June 11, 1990
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- Leo E. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, The New England Review ( NER) is a quarterly literary journal published by Middlebury College. The Atlantic (formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly) is an American Magazine founded in Boston in 1857 Thom Jones (born January 26, 1945) is an American writer primarily of short stories. Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928, New York City) is the daughter of William Ozick and Celia Regelson John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American Novelist, Poet, Short story Litwak: "The Eleventh Edition” in TriQuarterly, No. 74, Winter 1989
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- Cynthia Ozick: "Rosa” in The New Yorker, March 21, 1983
- Gordon Lish: "For Jeromé—with Love and Kisses" in "The Antioch Review", Summer 1983, 1984
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- Raymond Carver: "A Small, Good Thing” in Ploughshares, Vol. The Sewanee Review is a Literary magazine and Academic journal founded in 1892 and the oldest continuously published periodical of its kind in the Raymond Clevie Carver Jr ( May 25, 1938 &ndash August 2, 1988) was an American Short story Writer Karen Louise Erdrich (born June 7, 1954) is a Native American author of Novels Poetry, and children's books. Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition Joyce Johnson (born 1935 is an American author of fiction and nonfiction who won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir Minor Characters about Harper's Magazine (also Harper's) is a monthly general-interest Magazine of literature politics culture finance and the arts Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9 1944 is an American Author, self-declared Feminist and Womanist - the latter a term she herself Stuart Dybek (born 1942 is an American writer Personal life Dybek was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago's Little Village Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Novelist Born in Los Angeles California Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928, New York City) is the daughter of William Ozick and Celia Regelson Gordon Jay Lish (born February 11, 1934 in Hewlett New York) is an American Writer. Raymond Clevie Carver Jr ( May 25, 1938 &ndash August 2, 1988) was an American Short story Writer 8, Nos. 2 & 3
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- Susan Kenney: "Facing Front” in Epoch, Winter 1980
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- Saul Bellow: "A Silver Dish” in The New Yorker, September 25, 1978
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- Woody Allen: "The Kugelmass Episode” in The New Yorker, May 2, 1977
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- Harold Brodkey: "His Son in His Arms, in Light, Aloft” in Esquire, August 1975
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- Harold Brodkey: "A Story in an Almost Classical Mode” in The New Yorker, September 17, 1973
- Cynthia Ozick: "Usurpation (Other People's Stories)” in Esquire, May 1974
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- Renata Adler: "Brownstone” in The New Yorker, January 27, 1973
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- John Batki: "Strange-Dreaming Charlie, Cow-Eyed Charlie” in The New Yorker, March 20, 1971
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- Florence M Hecht: "Twin Bed Bridge” in The Atlantic Monthly, May 1970
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- Robert Hemenway: "The Girl Who Sang with the Beatles” in The New Yorker, January 11, 1969
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- Eudora Welty: "The Demonstrators” in The New Yorker, November 26, 1966
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- John Updike: "The Bulgarian Poetess” in The New Yorker, March 13, 1965
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- John Cheever: "The Embarkment for Cythera” in The New Yorker, November 3, 1962
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- Tillie Olsen: "Tell Me a Riddle” in New World Writing, No. Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928, New York City) is the daughter of William Ozick and Celia Regelson Saul Bellow, born Solomon Bellows ( June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was an acclaimed Canadian -born American Anne Leaton (born July 13 1932) is a Novelist, Short story writer and Poet whose works have been published in England Transatlantic Review, founded and edited by Joseph F McCrindle was published in London and New York although the first two issues were produced in Rome Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Shirley Hazzard (born 30 January 1931) is an author of Fiction and Non-fiction. Ella Leffland (born November 25, 1931) is an American Novelist and Short story writer Harold Brodkey ( October 25, 1930 &ndash January 26, 1996) was an American author Harold Brodkey ( October 25, 1930 &ndash January 26, 1996) was an American author Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928, New York City) is the daughter of William Ozick and Celia Regelson Renata Adler (born October 19, 1938 in Milan, Italy) is an American Author, Journalist and Film critic Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16 1938) is an American author and the Roger S McCall's was a monthly American women's Magazine that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century peaking at a readership of six million Robert Emery Hemenway is the 16th and current chancellor of the University of Kansas (KU Bernard Malamud ( April 26 1914, Brooklyn New York &ndash March 18 1986) was an author of novels and short stories Eudora Alice Welty ( April 13 1909 &ndash July 23 2001) was an award-winning American Author and Photographer who wrote Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16 1938) is an American author and the Roger S John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American Novelist, Poet, Short story Mary Flannery O'Connor ( March 25 1925 &ndash August 3 1964) was an American Novelist, Short-story John Cheever ( May 27, 1912 &ndash June 18, 1982) was an American Novelist and Short story Writer Mary Flannery O'Connor ( March 25 1925 &ndash August 3 1964) was an American Novelist, Short-story Katherine Anne Porter ( 15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Journalist, Tillie Lerner Olsen ( January 14, 1913 &ndash January 1, 2007) was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of 16
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- Lawrence Sargent Hall: "The Ledge” in The Hudson Review, Winter, 1958-59
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- Thomas Mabry: "The Indian Feather” in The Sewanee Review
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- Harris Downey: "The Hunters” in Epoch
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- John Mayo Goss: "Bird Song” in The Atlantic Monthly
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- Albert Maltz: "The Happiest Man on Earth” in Harper's Magazine
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- Kay Boyle: "The White Horses of Vienna” in Harper's Magazine
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- Louis Paul: "No More Trouble for Jedwick” in Esquire
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- W.R. Burnett: "Dressing-Up” in Harper's Magazine, November 1929
- William H. Peter Taylor is the name of Peter Taylor Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930-1997 Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1992 to 1997 The Kenyon Review is a literary journal based in Gambier Ohio, USA, home of Kenyon College. Martha Gellhorn ( 8 November 1908 - 15 February 1998) was an American Novelist, Travel Mary Flannery O'Connor ( March 25 1925 &ndash August 3 1964) was an American Novelist, Short-story John Cheever ( May 27, 1912 &ndash June 18, 1982) was an American Novelist and Short story Writer Jean Stafford ( July 1, 1915 &ndash March 26, 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize Wallace Earle Stegner ( February 18, 1909 — April 13, 1993) was an American Historian, Novelist, Short story William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Truman Capote (ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti ( 30 September, 1924, New Orleans Louisiana – 25 August, 1984, Los Angeles John Bell Clayton (c 1907-1955 was an American writer who won an O Walter Van Tilburg Clark ( August 3, 1909 — November 10, 1971) was a writer of short stories poetry and novels best known for his first novel The Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. Irwin Shaw ( February 27 1913 &ndash May 16 1984) was an American playwright screenwriter and novelist who was also a highly regarded short Eudora Alice Welty ( April 13 1909 &ndash July 23 2001) was an award-winning American Author and Photographer who wrote Eudora Alice Welty ( April 13 1909 &ndash July 23 2001) was an award-winning American Author and Photographer who wrote Kay Boyle, born February 19, 1902 in St Paul Minnesota, United States – died December 27, 1992 in Mill Valley Stephen Vincent Benét ( July 22, 1898 &ndash March 13, 1943) was an American Author, Poet, Short story The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Albert Maltz ( October 28, 1908 – April 26, 1985) was an American Author and Screenwriter who was one of the Stephen Vincent Benét ( July 22, 1898 &ndash March 13, 1943) was an American Author, Poet, Short story James Gould Cozzens ( August 19, 1903 - August 9, 1978) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Novelist. Kay Boyle, born February 19, 1902 in St Paul Minnesota, United States – died December 27, 1992 in Mill Valley Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ( August 8, 1896 – December 14, 1953) was an American author who lived in rural Florida and Stephen Vincent Benét ( July 22, 1898 &ndash March 13, 1943) was an American Author, Poet, Short story Pictorial Review is a Magazine which first appeared in September 1899 Wilbur Daniel Steele ( 17 March 1886 in Greensboro, North Carolina - May 1970 in Stamford Connecticut) was a U William Riley Burnett ( November 25, 1899 - April 25, 1982) often credited as W John: "Neither Jew nor Greek” in Century Magazine, August 1929
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- Roarke Bradford: "Child of God” in Harper's Magazine, April 1927
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- Julian Street: "Mr. Century Magazine is the sole student run magazine at the University of Utah. Dorothy Parker (August 22 1893&ndashJune 7 1967 was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic Wit, wisecracks and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles Walter Duranty (1884&ndash October 3, 1957) was a Liverpool -born British journalist who served as the New York Times For other uses see Red Book. Redbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. Wilbur Daniel Steele ( 17 March 1886 in Greensboro, North Carolina - May 1970 in Stamford Connecticut) was a U Bisbee's Princess” in Redbook, May 1925
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- Inez Haynes Irwin: "The Spring Flight” in McCall's, June 1924
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- Edgar Valentine Smith: "Prelude” in Harper's Magazine, May 1923
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- Edison Marshall: "The Heart of Little Shikara” in Everybody's Magazine, January 1921
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- Margaret Prescott Montague: "England to America” in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918
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