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O. Henry Prize Stories 2007

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307488961

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O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 by Laura Furman Pdf

An arresting collection of contemporary fiction at its best, these stories explore a vast range of subjects, from love and deception to war and the insidious power of class distinctions. However clearly spoken, in voices sophisticated, cunning, or na•ve, here is fiction that consistently defies our expectations. Selected from thousands of stories in hundreds of literary magazines, the twenty prize-winning stories are accompanied by essays from each of the three eminent jurors on which stories they judged the best, and observations from all twenty prizewinners on what inspired them. “The Room” William Trevor “The Scent of Cinnamon” Charles Lambert “Cherubs” Justine Dymond “Galveston Bay, 1826” Eddie Chuculate “The Gift of Years” Vu Tran “The Diarist” Richard McCann “War Buddies” Joan Silber “Djamilla” Tony D’Souza “In a Bear’s Eye” Yannick Murphy “Summer, with Twins” Rebecca Curtis “Mudder Tongue” Brian Evenson “Companion” Sana Krasikov “A Stone House” Bay Anapol “The Company of Men” Jan Ellison “City Visit” Adam Haslett “The Duchess of Albany” Christine Schutt “A New Kind of Gravity” Andrew Foster Altschul “Gringos” Ariel Dorfman “El Ojo de Agua” Susan Straight “The View from Castle Rock” Alice Munro From the Trade Paperback edition.

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307280343

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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 by Laura Furman Pdf

A collection of short stories judged to be the best in America and Canada for 2007 presents a selection of short fiction, along with essays by the three judges and commentary from the twenty prize winners.

PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307805942

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PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 by Laura Furman Pdf

The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 contains twenty unforgettable stories selected from hundreds of literary magazines. The winning tales take place in such far-flung locales as Madagascar, Nantucket, a Midwestern meth lab, Antarctica, and a post-apocalyptic England, and feature a fascinating array of characters: aging jazzmen, avalanche researchers, a South African wild child, and a mute actor in silent films. Also included are essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines. Your Fate Hurtles Down at You Jim Shepard Diary of an Interesting Year Helen Simpson Melinda Judy Doenges Nightblooming Kenneth Calhoun The Restoration of the Villa Where Tibor Kálmán Once Lived Tamas Dobozy Ice Lily Tuck How to Leave Hialeah Jennine Capó Crucet The Junction David Means Pole, Pole Susan Minot Alamo Plaza Brad Watson The Black Square Chris Adrian Nothing of Consequence Jane Delury The Rules Are the Rules Adam Foulds The Vanishing American Leslie Parry Crossing Mark Slouka Bed Death Lori Ostlund Windeye Brian Evenson Sunshine Lynn Freed Never Come Back Elizabeth Tallent Something You Can’t Live Without Matthew Neill Null For author interviews, photos, and more, go to www.ohenryprizestories.com A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to support the PEN Readers & Writers Literary Outreach Program. From the Trade Paperback edition.

O. Henry Prize Stories 2008

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307280349

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O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 by Laura Furman Pdf

An annual collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.

PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories 2009

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307473073

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PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories 2009 by Laura Furman Pdf

A collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 features unforgettable tales in settings as diverse as post-war Vietnam, a luxurious seaside development in Cape Town, an Egyptian desert village, and a permanently darkened New York City. Also included are essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Short stories, American
ISBN : OCLC:1416980762

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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 by Laura Furman Pdf

A selection of short fiction judged to be the best published in the United States and Canada in 2007, along with essays by the three judges and commentary from the twenty prize winners.

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013

Author : Anonim
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345803252

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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 by Anonim Pdf

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories take place in such far-flung locales as a gorgeous sailboat in Hong Kong, a Cuban sugar plantation, the Kenai River in Alaska, a mansion in New Delhi, a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat, and the ghost-haunted rubble of a Turkish girls’ school. Also included are the editor’s introduction, essays from the jurors (Lauren Groff, Edith Pearlman, and Jim Shepard) on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345807328

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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 by Laura Furman Pdf

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories roam the world, from Nigeria to Venice, from an erupting volcano in Iceland to a brothel in the old Wild West. They feature a dazzling array of characters: a young American falling in love in Japan, a girl raised by snake-handling fundamentalists, an old man mourning his late wife, and a fierce guard dog with a talent for escape. Accompanying the stories are the editor’s introduction, essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines. Mark Haddon, “The Gun,” Granta Stephen Dixon, “Talk,” The American Reader Tessa Hadley, “Valentine,” The New Yorker Olivia Clare, “Pétur,” Ecotone David Bradley, “You Remember The Pin Mill,” Narrative Kirstin Valdez Quade, “Nemecia,” Narrativemagazine.com Dylan Landis, “Trust,” Tin House Allison Alsup, “Old Houses,” New Orleans Review Halina Duraj, “Fatherland,” Harvard Review Chanelle Benz, “West of the Known,” The American Reader William Trevor, “The Women,” The New Yorker Colleen Morrissey, “Good Faith,” The Cincinnati Review Robert Anthony Siegel, “The Right Imaginary Person,” Tin House Louise Erdrich, “Nero,” The New Yorker Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, “A Golden Light,” Threepenny Review Chinelo Okparanta, “Fairness,” Subtropics Kristen Iskandrian, “The Inheritors,” Tin House Michael Parker, “Deep Eddy,” Southwest Review Maura Stanton, “Oh Shenandoah,” New England Review Laura van den Berg, “Opa-Locka,” The Southern Review The Jurors on Their Favorites: Tash Aw, James Lasdun, Joan Silber The Writers on Their Work Publications Submitted

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction

Author : Michael Martone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476727363

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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction by Michael Martone Pdf

Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists. Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Peter Ho Davies, Janet Desaulniers, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, A.M. Homes, Mary Hood, Denis Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Thom Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Leavitt, Kelly Link, Reginald McKnight, David Means, Susan Minot , Rick Moody, Bharati Mukherjee, Antonya Nelson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim O’Brien, Daniel Orozco, Julie Orringer, ZZ Packer, Annie Proulx, Stacey Richter, George Saunders, Joan Silber, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Sontag, Amy Tan, Melanie Rae Thon, Alice Walker, and Steve Yarbrough.

Prize Stories

Author : Larry Dark
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1417711094

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Prize Stories by Larry Dark Pdf

Presents short stories that have won the O. Henry Award for each year.

2011 Novel And Short Story Writer's Market

Author : Alice Pope
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781599634289

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2011 Novel And Short Story Writer's Market by Alice Pope Pdf

Now includes a subscription to NSSWM online (the fiction section of writersmarket.com). For 28 years, Novel & Short Story Writer's Market has been the only resource of its kind exclusively for fiction writers. Anyone who is writing novels and/or storiesâ€"whether romance or literary, horror or graphic novelâ€"needs this resource to help them prepare their submissions and sell their work. You'll have access to listings for over 1,100 book publishers, magazines, literary agents, writing contests and conferences, each containing current contact information, editorial needs, schedules and guidelines that save writers time and take the guesswork out of the submission process. NSSWM includes more than 100 pages of listings for literary journals alone and another 100 pages of book publishers (easily four times as many markets for fiction writers as Writer's Market offers). It also features over a 100 pages of original content: interviews with working editors and writers, how-tos on the craft of fiction, and articles on the business of getting published.

2009 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market - Articles

Author : Editors Of Writers Digest Books
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781582976648

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2009 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market - Articles by Editors Of Writers Digest Books Pdf

For 28 years, Novel & Short Story Writer's Market has been the only resource of its kind exclusively for fiction writers. Covering all genres from romance to mystery to horror and more, this resource helps you prepare your submissions and sell your work. This must-have guide includes listings for over 1,300 book publishers, magazines, literary agents, writing contests and conferences, each containing current contact information, editorial needs, schedules and guidelines that save you time and take the guesswork out of the submission process. With more than 100 pages of listings for literary journals alone and another 100 pages of book publishers, plus special sections dedicated to the genres of romance, mystery/thriller, speculative fiction, and comics/graphic novels, the 2009 edition of this essential resource is your key to successfully selling your fiction.

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018

Author : Laura Furman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525436584

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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 by Laura Furman Pdf

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 contains twenty prize-winning stories chosen from thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The winning stories come from a mix of established writers and emerging voices, and are uniformly breathtaking. They are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the winning writers on what inspired their stories, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. "The Tomb of Wrestling," Jo Ann Beard, Tin House "Counterblast," Marjorie Celona, The Southern Review "Nayla," Youmna Chlala, Prairie Schooner "Lucky Dragon," Viet Dinh, Ploughshares "Stop ’n’ Go," Michael Parker, New England Review "Past Perfect Continuous," Dounia Choukri, Chicago Quarterly Review "Inversion of Marcia," Thomas Bolt, n+1 "Nights in Logar," Jamil Jan Kochai, A Public Space "How We Eat," Mark Jude Poirier, Epoch "Deaf and Blind," Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker "Why Were They Throwing Bricks?," Jenny Zhang, n+1 "An Amount of Discretion," Lauren Alwan, The Southern Review "Queen Elizabeth," Brad Felver, One Story "The Stamp Collector," Dave King, Fence "More or Less Like a Man," Michael Powers, The Threepenny Review "The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies," Jo Lloyd, Zoetrope "Up Here," Tristan Hughes, Ploughshares "The Houses That Are Left Behind," Brenda Walker, The Kenyon Review "We Keep Them Anyway," Stephanie A. Vega, The Threepenny Review "Solstice," Anne Enright, The New Yorker Prize Jury for 2018: Fiona McFarlane, Ottessa Moshfegh, Elizabeth Tallent

Prize Stories 2001

Author : Larry Dark
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385498784

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Prize Stories 2001 by Larry Dark Pdf

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 2001 a 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

The Best American Short Stories 2012

Author : Tom Perrotta,Heidi Pitlor
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547242101

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The Best American Short Stories 2012 by Tom Perrotta,Heidi Pitlor Pdf

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.