The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 contains twenty breathtaking stories-by a vibrant mix of established and emerging writers-selected by the series editor from the thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The collection includes essays by the three eminent guest jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and a comprehensive resource list of the many magazines and journals, both large and small, that publish short fiction.
Too Good To Be True, Michelle Huneven
Something for a Young Woman, Genevieve Plunkett
The Buddhist, Alan Rossi
Garments, Tahmima Anam
Protection, Paola Peroni
Night Garden, Shruti Swamy
A Cruelty, Kevin Barry
Floating Garden, Mary La Chapelle
The Trusted Traveler, Joseph O'Neill
Blue Dot, Keith Eisner
Lion, Wil Weitzel
Paddle to Canada, Heather Monley
A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness, Jai Chakrabarti
The Bride and the Street Party, Kate Cayley
Secret Lives of the Detainees, Amit Majmudar
Glory, Lesley Nneka Arimah
Mercedes Benz, Martha Cooley
The Reason Is Because, Manuel Muñoz
The Family Whistle, Gerard Woodward
Buttony, Fiona McFarlane
The jurors this year are David Bradley, Elizabeth McCracken, and Brad Watson.
For author interviews, photos, and more, go to www.ohenryprizestories.com
Series editor LAURA FURMAN's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and other magazines. She is the founding editor of the highly regarded American Short Fiction (three-time finalist for the American Magazine Award). A former professor at the University of Texas, she lives in Austin.
JUROR BIOS:
DAVID BRADLEY teaches at the University of Oregon and is the author of The Chaneysville Incident, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a finalist for the National Book Award.
ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN, is the author of Thunderstruck and National Book Award finalist The Giant's House. She teaches at the University of Texas, Austin, and has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Guggenheim Foundation.
BRAD WATSON teaches at the University of Wyoming, Laramie. His novel The Heaven of Mercury was a finalist for the National Book Award, and his Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award.