The O. Henry Awards are yearly prizes given to short stories of exceptional merit. They are named after an American master of the form, O. Henry. They were first awarded in 1919.
The O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's twenty best stories published in American and Canadian magazines, written in the English language.
Starting in 2003, The O. Henry Prize Stories is dedicated to a writer who has made a major contribution to the art of the short story. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 was dedicated to Mavis Gallant, a Canadian writer who lives in Paris, France.
List of first prize winners
2003
Denis Johnson : "Train Dreams" in the Paris Review, Summer 2002
Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862–June 5, 1910), whose clever use of twist endings in his stories popularized the term "O. Henry Ending".
The O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships are held in May of each year in Austin, Texas, hosted by the city's O. Henry Museum.
Henry is a household name in Russia, as his books enjoyed excellent translations and some of his stories were made into popular movies, the best known being, probably, "The Ransom of Red Chief".
In 1896 O. Henry was charged with embezzling funds from the First National Bank of Austin, Texas, where he had worked from 1891 to 1894.
During the last ten years of his life, O. Henry became one of the most popular writers in America, publishing over 500 short stories in dozens of widely read periodicals.
In 1919 the O. Henry Memorial Awards for the best American short stories published each year were founded by the Society of Arts and Sciences.
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