De O. Henry Award is een jaarlijkse Amerikaanse onderscheiding voor buitengewoon verdienstelijke korte verhalen. De prijs is vernoemd naar de Amerikaanse schrijfster van korte verhalen, O. Henry. De PEN / O. Henry Prize Stories is een jaarlijkse uitgave van de twintig beste Engelstalige verhalen van het jaar, gepubliceerd in Amerikaanse en Canadese tijdschriften.
Winnaars
2018 Fiona McFarlane Ottessa Moshfegh Elizabeth Tallent2017 Michelle Huneven: "Too Good to Be True" in Harper's Amit Majmudar: "Secret Lives of the Detainees" in The Kenyon Review Fiona McFarlane: "Buttony" in The New Yorker2016 Asako Serizawa: "Train to Harbin" in The Hudson Review Frederic Tuten: "Winter, 1965" in BOMB Elizabeth Genovise: "Irises" in Cimarron Review2015 Dina Nayeri: "A Ride Out of Phrao" in The Alaska Quarterly Review Elizabeth McCracken: "Birdsong from the Radio" in Zoetrope: All-Story Christopher Merkner: "Cabins" in Subtropics2014Mark Haddon: "The Gun" in Granta Kristen Iskandrian: "The Inheritors" in Tin House Laura van den Berg: "Opa-locka" in The Southern Review2013Deborah Eisenberg: "Your Duck Is My Duck" in Fence Kelly Link: "The Summer People" in Tin House Andrea Barrett: "The Particles" in Tin House2012Yiyun Li: "Kindness" in A Public Space Alice Munro: "Corrie" in The New Yorker2011Lynn Freed: "Sunshine" Matthew Neill Null: "Something You Can't Live Without" Jim Shepard: "Your Fate Hurtles Down at You"2010Daniyal Mueenuddin: "A Spoiled Man" in The New Yorker September 15, 2008 James Lasdun: "Oh, Death" in The Paris Review as "The Hollow", Spring 2009 #188 William Trevor: "The Woman of the House" in The New Yorker, December 15, 20082009Graham Joyce: "An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen" in The Paris Review Junot Díaz: "Wildwood" in The New Yorker2008Alexi Zentner: "Touch" in Tin House Alice Munro: "What Do You Want To Know For?" in The American Scholar William Trevor: "Folie a Deux" in The New Yorker2007Eddie Chuculate: "Galveston Bay, 1826" in Manoa, Vol 16., No. 2, Winter 2004 William Trevor: "The Room" in The New Yorker, May 16, 20052006Edward P. Jones: "Old Boys, Old Girls" in The New Yorker, May 3, 2004 Deborah Eisenberg: "Window" in Tin House, Issue 19, Spring 2004 Alice Munro: "Passion" in The New Yorker, March 22, 20042005Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: "Refuge in London" in Zoetrope, Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter 2003 Sherman Alexie: "What You Pawn I Will Redeem" in The New Yorker, April 21, 2003 Elizabeth Stuckey-French: "Mudlavia" in The Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 20032004No edition2003Denis Johnson: "Train Dreams" in The Paris Review, Summer 2002 A. S. Byatt: "The Thing in The Forest" in The New Yorker, June 3, 20022002Kevin Brockmeier: "The Ceiling” in McSweeney's, No. 72001Mary Swan: "The Deep” in The Malahat Review, No. 1312000John Edgar Wideman: "Weight” in The Callaloo Journal, Vol. 22, No. 31999Peter Baida: "A Nurse's Story” in The Gettysburg Review, Vol. 13, No. 31998Lorrie Moore: "People Like That Are the Only People Here” in The New Yorker, January 27, 19971997Mary Gordon: "City Life” in Ploughshares, Vol. 22, No. 11996Stephen King: "The Man in the Black Suit” in The New Yorker, October 31, 19941995Cornelia Nixon: "The Women Come and Go” in New England Review, Spring 19941994Alison Baker: "Better Be Ready 'Bout Half Past Eight” in The Atlantic Monthly, January 19931993Thom Jones: "The Pugilist at Rest” in The New Yorker, December 2, 19911992Cynthia Ozick: "Puttermesser Paired” in The New Yorker, October 8, 19901991John Updike: "A Sandstone Farmhouse” in The New Yorker, June 11, 19901990Leo E. Litwak: "The Eleventh Edition” in TriQuarterly, No. 74, Winter 19891989Ernest J. Finney: "Peacocks” in The Sewanee Review, Winter 19881988Raymond Carver: "Errand” in The New Yorker, June 1, 19871987Louise Erdrich: "Fleur” in Esquire, August 1986 Joyce Johnson: "The Children's Wing” in Harper's Magazine, July 19861986Alice Walker: "Kindred Spirits” in Esquire, August 19851985Stuart Dybek: "Hot Ice” in Antaeus Jane Smiley: "Lily” in The Atlantic Monthly1984Cynthia Ozick: "Rosa” in The New Yorker, March 21, 1983 Gordon Lish: "For Jeromé—with Love and Kisses" in "The Antioch Review", Summer 1983, 19841983Raymond Carver: "A Small, Good Thing” in Ploughshares, Vol. 8, Nos. 2 & 31982Susan Kenney: "Facing Front” in Epoch, Winter 19801981Cynthia Ozick: "The Shawl” in The New Yorker, May 26, 19801980Saul Bellow: "A Silver Dish” in The New Yorker, September 25, 19781979Gordon Weaver: "Getting Serious” in The Sewanee Review, Fall 1977 Anne Leaton: "The Passion of Marco Z" in Transatlantic Review, 55/561978Woody Allen: "The Kugelmass Episode” in The New Yorker, May 2, 19771977Shirley Hazzard: "A Long Story Short” in The New Yorker, July 26, 1976 Ella Leffland: "Last Courtesies” in Harper's Magazine, July 19761976Harold Brodkey: "His Son in His Arms, in Light, Aloft” in Esquire, August 19751975Harold Brodkey: "A Story in an Almost Classical Mode” in The New Yorker, September 17, 1973 Cynthia Ozick: "Usurpation (Other People's Stories)” in Esquire, May 19741974Renata Adler: "Brownstone” in The New Yorker, January 27, 19731973Joyce Carol Oates: "The Dead” in McCall's, July 19711972John Batki: "Strange-Dreaming Charlie, Cow-Eyed Charlie” in The New Yorker, March 20, 19711971Florence M. Hecht: "Twin Bed Bridge” in The Atlantic Monthly, May 19701970Robert Welton Hemenway: "The Girl Who Sang with the Beatles” in The New Yorker, January 11, 19691969Bernard Malamud: "Man in the Drawer” in The Atlantic Monthly, April 19681968Eudora Welty: "The Demonstrators” in The New Yorker, November 26, 19661967Joyce Carol Oates: "In the Region of Ice” in The Atlantic Monthly, August 19661966John Updike: "The Bulgarian Poetess” in The New Yorker, March 13, 19651965Flannery O'Connor: "Revelation” in The Sewanee Review, Spring 19641964John Cheever: "The Embarkment for Cythera” in The New Yorker, November 3, 19621963Terry Southern: "The Road Out of Axotle" in "Esquire", August, 1962 Flannery O'Connor: "Everything That Rises Must Converge” in New World Writing1962Katherine Anne Porter: "Holiday” in The Atlantic Monthly, December 19601961Tillie Olsen: "Tell Me a Riddle” in New World Writing, No. 161960Lawrence Sargent Hall: "The Ledge” in The Hudson Review, Winter, 1958–591959Peter Taylor: "Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time” in The Kenyon Review1958Martha Gellhorn: "In Sickness as in Health” in The Atlantic Monthly1957Flannery O'Connor: "Greenleaf” in The Kenyon Review1956John Cheever: "The Country Husband” in The New Yorker1955Jean Stafford: "In the Zoo” in The New Yorker1954Thomas Mabry: "The Indian Feather” in The Sewanee Review1951Harris Downey: "The Hunters” in Epoch1950Wallace Stegner: "The Blue-Winged Teal” in Harper's Magazine1949William Faulkner: "A Courtship” in The Sewanee Review1948Truman Capote: "Shut a Final Door” in The Atlantic Monthly1947John Bell Clayton: "The White Circle” in Harper's Magazine1946John Mayo Goss: "Bird Song” in The Atlantic Monthly1945Walter Van Tilburg Clark: "The Wind and the Snow of Winter” in The Yale Review1944Irwin Shaw: "Walking Wounded” in The New Yorker1943Eudora Welty: "Livvie is Back” in The Atlantic Monthly1942Eudora Welty: "The Wide Net” in Harper's Magazine1941Kay Boyle: "Defeat” in The New Yorker1940Stephen Vincent Benét: "Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing” in The Saturday Evening Post1939William Faulkner: "Barn Burning” in Harper's Magazine1938Albert Maltz: "The Happiest Man on Earth” in Harper's Magazine1937Stephen Vincent Benét: "The Devil and Daniel Webster” in The Saturday Evening Post1936James Gould Cozzens: "Total Stranger” in The Saturday Evening Post, February 15, 19361935Kay Boyle: "The White Horses of Vienna” in Harper's Magazine1934Louis Paul: "No More Trouble for Jedwick” in Esquire1933Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: "Gal Young Un” in Harper's Magazine, June & July 19321932Stephen Vincent Benét: "An End to Dreams” in Pictorial Review, February 19321931Wilbur Daniel Steele: "Can't Cross Jordan by Myself” in Pictorial Review1930W. R. Burnett: "Dressing-Up” in Harper's Magazine, November 1929 William H. John: "Neither Jew nor Greek” in Century Magazine, August 19291929Dorothy Parker: "Big Blonde” in Bookman Magazine, February 19291928Walter Duranty: "The Parrot” in Redbook, March 19281927Roark Bradford: "Child of God” in Harper's Magazine, April 19271926Wilbur Daniel Steele: "Bubbles” in Harper's Magazine1925Julian Street: "Mr. Bisbee's Princess” in Redbook, May 19251924Inez Haynes Irwin: "The Spring Flight” in McCall's, June 19241923Edgar Valentine Smith: "Prelude” in Harper's Magazine, May 19231922Irvin S. Cobb: "Snake Doctor” in Cosmopolitan, November 19221921Edison Marshall: "The Heart of Little Shikara” in Everybody's Magazine, January 19211920Maxwell Struthers Burt: "Each in His Generation” in Scribner's Magazine, July 19201919Margaret Prescott Montague: "England to America” in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918
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