First-prize stories 1919-1966
from the O. Henry memorial awards
by Montague, Margaret Prescott, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and William Faulkner
The forty-six stories in this book share a common distinction: all of them have been first-prize winners of the annual O. Henry Memorial Awards.
Established in 1919 as a tribute to the memory of William Sydney Porter — America's beloved O. Henry — the awards have developed into the most important annual short-story series in America. The editors and judges, all of them distinguished men and women of letters, have chosen from the work of American writers appearing in Ameri- can publications. In their search for stories of exceptional merit they read all the magazines that publish fiction. Inclusion in one of the annual collec- tions means not only that a story has been chosen from hundreds of entries but also that it has passed through many readings. And to be chosen Number One is an honor indeed.
Among the writers who have won the first prize in past years are four Pulitzer Prize winners: Stephen Vincent Benét, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Roark Bradford, and James Gould Cozzens. Another, William Faulkner, has re- ceived the Nobel prize. Other notables represented in the collection are Flan- nery O'Connor, Irvin S. Cobb, Walter Duranty, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Wallace Stegner, Kay Boyle, Eudora Welty, Tru• man Capote, Irwin Shaw, and Katherine Anne Porter.
Besides serving as a springboard for new and talented writers, the series has been a mirror of our times. The annual editions have reflected the days of two world wars, women's suffrage, the vio- lence of the Roaring Twenties, Prohi- bition, the Depression, and even the vogue of Freudian psychology. Here, in a single volume, is a picture of Ameri- can life over a period of forty-six years. Even the change in the tone of the short story itself as a literary form—its shift from what people do to what they think —is apparent when one reads the stories in their chronological order.
And so FIRST-PRIZE STORIES offers not only reading enjoyment of an almost unequaled quality but an intriguing look at ourselves through the eyes of the most gifted writers of nearly five dec- ades. The late John Marquand called these stories ' 'documents of our time... reflecting the doubts, the suspense and the heartbreak of each year."
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1919: England to America / Margaret Prescott Montague
1920: Each in his generation / Maxwell Struthers Burt
1921: The heart of little Shikara / Edison Marshall
1922: Snake doctor / Irvin S. Cobb
1923: Prelude / Edgar Valentine Smith
1924: The spring flight / Inez Haynes Irwin
1925: Mr. Bisbee's princess / Julian Street
1926: Bubbles / Wilbur Daniel Steele
1927: Child of god / Roark Bradford
1926: The parrot / Walter Duranty
1929: Big blonde / Dorothy Parker
1930: Dressing-up / W.R. Burnett
1931: Can't cross Jordan by myself / Wilbur Daniel Steele
1932: An end to dreams / Stephen Vincent Benet
1933: Gal young un / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1934: No more trouble for Jedwick / Louise Paul
1935: The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle
1936: Total stranger / James Gould Cozzens
1937: The devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benet
1938: The happiest man on earth / Albert Maltz
1939: Barn burning / William Faulkner
1940: Freedom's a hard-bought thing / Stephen Vincent Benet
1941: Defeat / Kay Boyle
1942: The wide net / Eudora Welty
1943: Livvie is back / Eudora Welty
1944: Walking wounded / Irwin Shaw
1945: The wind and the snow of winter / Walter Van Tilburg Clark
1946: Bird song / John Mayo Goss
1947: The white circle / John Bell Clayton
1948: Shut a final door / Truman Capote
1949: A courtship / WIlliam Faulkner
1950: The blue-winged teal / Wallace Stegner
1951: The hunters / Harris Downey
1954: The Indian feather / Thomas Mabry
1955: In the zoo / Jean Stafford
1956: The country husband / John Cheever
1957: Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor
1958: In sickness as in health / Martha Gellhorn
1959: Venus, Cupid, folly and time / Peter Taylor
1960: The ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall
1961: Tell me a riddle / Tillie Olsen
1962: Holiday / Katherine Anne Porter
1963: Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor
1964: The embarkment of Cythera / John Cheever
1965: Revelation / Flannery O'Connor
1966: The Bulgarian poetess / John Updike.
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