Cover
Series Editors and Past Jurors
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Editor's Note
Publisher’s Note
To Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013)
Introduction
Laura Furman, Series Editor
Funny Little Snake
Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker
Synchronicity
John Keeble, Harper's Magazine
No Spanish
Moira McCavana, Harvard Review
Girl of Few Seasons
Rachel Kondo, Ploughshares Solos
Julia and Sunny
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Ploughshares
Unstuck
Stephanie Reents, Witness
Mermaid River
Alexia Arthurs, The Sewanee Review
Bad Girl
Valerie O'Riordan, LitMag
Aguacero
Patricia Engel, Kenyon Review
Soma
Kenan Orhan, The Massachusetts Review
Goodnight Nobody
Sarah Hall, One Story
610 North, 610 West
Bryan Washington, Tin House
Mr. Can’aan
Isabella Hammad, The Paris Review
Omakase
Weike Wang, The New Yorker
Prime
Caoilinn Hughes, Granta.com
Slingshot
Souvankham Thammavongsa, Harper's Magazine
The Shrew Tree
Liza Ward, ZYZZYVA
Flowers for America
Doua Thao, Fiction
Lagomorph
Alexander MacLeod, Granta
Maps and Ledgers
John Edgar Wideman, Harper's Magazine
Reading The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019
The Jurors on Their Favorites
Lynn Freed on “Omakase” by Weike Wang
Elizabeth Strout on “Girl of Few Seasons” by Rachel Kondo
Lara Vapnyar on “Funny Little Snake” by Tessa Hadley
Writing The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019
The Writers on Their Work
Publications Submitted
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