Prize Stories 1999 The O. Henry Awards

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 Awardsis a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied short stories brimming with life--proof of the continuing strength and variety of the genre.

Larry Dark is a graduate of Columbia University's M.F.A. creative writing program  and the editor of four additional 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.<br><br>Sherman Alexie, a former O.Henry prizewinner, has most recently published a novel, <b>Indian Killer</b>, as well as a collection of short stories about Native American life entitled <b>The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven</b>, which was the basis of the award-winning film <b>Smoke Signals</b>.<br><br>Stephen King is the author of countless bestselling novels, including his latest chart buster, <b>Bag of Bones</b>. He was the 1996 O.Henry Awards top-prize winner. Lorrie