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 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