Laura Furman, Jim Shepard, Helen Simpson, Judy Doenges, Kenneth Calhoun, Tamas Dobozy, Lily Tuck, Jennine Capó Crucet, David Means, Susan Minot, Brad Watson, Chris Adrian, Jane Delury, Adam Foulds, Leslie Parry, Mark Slouka, Lori Ostlund, Brian Evenson, Lynn Freed, Elizabeth Tallent, Matthew Neill Null
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2011
SERIES EDITORS
PAST JURORS
Publisher’s Note
HOW THE STORIES ARE CHOSEN
Introduction
Jim Shepard
Your Fate Hurtles Down at You
Helen Simpson
Diary of an Interesting Year
Judy Doenges
Melinda
Kenneth Calhoun
Nightblooming
Tamas Dobozy
The Restoration of the Villa Where Tíbor Kálmán Once Lived
Lily Tuck
Ice
Jennine Capó Crucet
How to Leave Hialeah
David Means
The Junction
Susan Minot
Pole, Pole
Brad Watson
Alamo Plaza
Chris Adrian
The Black Square
Jane Delury
Nothing of Consequence
Adam Foulds
The Rules Are the Rules
Leslie Parry
The Vanishing American
Mark Slouka
Crossing
Lori Ostlund
Bed Death
Brian Evenson
Windeye
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Lynn Freed
Sunshine
Elizabeth Tallent
Never Come Back
Matthew Neill Null
Something You Can’t Live Without
Reading The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011
Writing The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011
Recommended Story 2011
Permissions
Laura Furman