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. And in celebration of this distinguished literary form,Prize Stories 2001a Special Award for Continuing Achievement is presented to Alice Munro. FIRST PRIZE MARY SWAN The Deep SECOND PRIZE DAN CHAON Big Me THIRD PRIZE ALICE MUNRO Floating Bridge 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

<b>Larry Dark</b> is the editor of four anthologies, <i>Literary Outtakes, The Literary Ghost, The Literary Lover</i>, and <i>The Literary Traveler</i>. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. <b>Michael Chabon</b> is the author, most recently, of <i>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay</i>. He lives in northern California. <b>Mary Gordon</b> is the author of <i>Final Payments, The Company of Women</i> and most recently the biography <i>Joan of Arc</i>. She is a professor of English at Barnard College. <b>Mona Simpson</b> is the author of <i>Off Keck Road</i> and<i> Anywhere But Here</i>. She is a professor at Bard College.