O. Henry Award おーへんりーしょう
Edition 100 (2022)
Winners
20 peopleA short story about mediated distance, digital attention, and the way daily life is refracted through screens.
A short story about mediated distance, digital attention, and the way daily life is refracted through screens.
A historical short story shaped by danger, exile, and survival at the margins of empire.
A historical short story shaped by danger, exile, and survival at the margins of empire.
A short story centered on an unusual gift and the social expectations surrounding it.
A short story centered on an unusual gift and the social expectations surrounding it.
A short story about family tension and the fragile hope that follows conflict.
A short story about family tension and the fragile hope that follows conflict.
A story about care, attachment, and the pressure of keeping a relationship intact.
A story about care, attachment, and the pressure of keeping a relationship intact.
A story that traces connection and rupture through labor, craft, or kinship.
A story that traces connection and rupture through labor, craft, or kinship.
A short story about grief, migration, and life after loss.
A short story about grief, migration, and life after loss.
A short story that turns an ordinary encounter into a study of fatigue and hope.
A short story that turns an ordinary encounter into a study of fatigue and hope.
A short story about motherhood, bodily care, and dependency.
A short story about motherhood, bodily care, and dependency.
A story about aging, memory, and a community changing around an old man.
A story about aging, memory, and a community changing around an old man.
A story centered on a recurring place where lives keep crossing.
A story centered on a recurring place where lives keep crossing.
A short story that moves between family lore, memory, and the pull of water.
A short story that moves between family lore, memory, and the pull of water.
A story with a surreal, unsettling edge that folds hardship into absurdity.
A story with a surreal, unsettling edge that folds hardship into absurdity.
A short story about performance, innocence, and the pressure to appear composed.
A short story about performance, innocence, and the pressure to appear composed.
A feverish, uncanny story that pushes realism toward horror.
A feverish, uncanny story that pushes realism toward horror.
A story about birth, abandonment, and the intensity of motherhood.
A story about birth, abandonment, and the intensity of motherhood.
A story about desire, repetition, and the habits that shape intimacy.
A story about desire, repetition, and the habits that shape intimacy.
A story that braids labor, family, and memory into a single woven fabric.
A story that braids labor, family, and memory into a single woven fabric.
A story about connection at a distance and the limits of digital presence.
A story about connection at a distance and the limits of digital presence.
A story about misfortune, self-deception, and the randomness of fate.
A story about misfortune, self-deception, and the randomness of fate.