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The Best Short Stories 2025

The O. Henry Prize Winners

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The Best Short Stories 2025

Written by: Edward P. Jones - editor, Jenny Minton Quigley
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The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers.

Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Edward P. Jones has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Jones, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction.

©2025 Edward P. Jones (P)2025 Random House Audio

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