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  2. The Best American Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    1978 edition. Language. English. Series. The Best American Short Stories. The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature.

  3. O. Henry Award - Wikipedia

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    The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry . The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's twenty best stories published in U.S. and Canadian magazines. Until 2002 there were first, second, and third prize ...

  4. O. Henry - Wikipedia

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    In the original short story, the only story by Porter to feature the character, the Kid is a murderous, ruthless border desperado, whose trail is dogged by a heroic Texas Ranger. Pen name [ edit ] Porter used a number of pen names (including "O. Henry" or "Olivier Henry") in the early part of his writing career; other names included S.H. Peters ...

  5. Hugo Award for Best Short Story - Wikipedia

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    The short story award is available for works of fiction of fewer than 7,500 words; awards are also given out for pieces of longer lengths in the novelette, novella, and novel categories. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".

  6. Category:20th-century American short story writers - Wikipedia

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    Steven-Elliot Altman. Allison Amend. Benjamin Anastas. Uell Stanley Andersen. Mignon Holland Anderson. Sherwood Anderson. Mary Raymond Andrews. Roger Angell. Maya Angelou.

  7. Thom Jones - Wikipedia

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    His short story, "The Pugilist at Rest" (1991), won an O. Henry Award and was included in Best American Short Stories of 1992. His first collection, The Pugilist at Rest (1993), was nominated for a National Book Award. In a Salon.com interview, writer John Updike praised Jones as one

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