Announcing the 2017 O. Henry Prize Stories

We are very happy to announce the O. Henry Prize Stories for 2017, edited by Laura Furman, which will appear in an eponymous anthology this September, from Anchor.

“Too Good To Be True” by Michelle Huneven, Harper’s

“Something for a Young Woman” by Genevieve Plunkett, New England Review
(read “Something for a Young Woman”)

“The Buddhist” by Alan Rossi, Granta

“Garments” by Tahmima Anam, Freeman’s

“Protection” by Paola Peroni, The Common
(read “Protection”)

“Night Garden” by Shruti Swamy, Prairie Schooner
(read “Night Garden”)

“A Cruelty” by Kevin Barry, Five Points

“Floating Garden” by Mary La Chapelle, Salamander

“The Trusted Traveler” by Joseph O’Neill, Harper’s

“Blue Dot” by Keith Eisner, Salamander

“Lion” by Wil Weitzel, Prairie Schooner

“Paddle to Canada” by Heather Monley, Zyzzyva
(read “Paddle to Canada”)

“A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness” by Jai Chakrabarti, A Public Space

“The Bride and the Street Party” by Kate Cayley, Prism

“Secret Lives of the Detainees” by Amit Majmudar, Kenyon Review

“Glory” by Lesley Nneka Arimah, Harper’s

“Mercedes Benz” by Martha Cooley, A Public Space

“The Reason Is Because” by Manuel Muñoz, American Short Fiction

“The Family Whistle” by Gerard Woodward, Zoetrope

“Buttony” by Fiona McFarlane, The New Yorker