The prestigious annual story anthology featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and
exciting array of writers including Wendell Berry Alice Hoffman Dave Eggers Ling Ma Lori
Ostlund and Anthony Marra. 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. THE WINNING STORIES “The Stackpole Legend ” Wendell
Berry “The Arrow ” Gina Chung “That Girl ” Addie Citchens “The Pleasure of a Working Life ”
Michael Deagler “Blackbirds ” Lindsey Drager “Hearing Aids ” Clyde Edgerton “Sanrevelle ”
Dave Eggers “Stump of the World ” Madeline ffitch “Shotgun Calypso ” Indya Finch “City Girl
” Alice Hoffman “Sickled ” Jane Kalu “The Spit of Him ” Thomas Korsgaard translated from
the Danish by Martin Aitken “Winner ” Ling Ma “Countdown ” Anthony Marra “Just Another Family
” Lori Ostlund “Mornings at the Ministry ” Ehsaneh Sadr “Rosaura at Dawn ” Daniel Saldaña
París translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney “Three Niles ” Zak Salih “Strange
Fruit ” Yah Yah Scholfield “Miracle in Lagos Traffic ” Chika Unigwe
