O. Henry Award
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The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| O. Henry Award canonical | 26 |
| O. Henry Prize | 1 |
| O. Henry Prize Stories | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
ⓘ
short story award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
O. Henry Award
ⓘ
surface form:
O. Henry Prize
O. Henry Award ⓘ
surface form:
O. Henry Prize Stories
|
| awardFor | outstanding short stories ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| domain | American literature ⓘ |
| eligibility |
short stories originally published in English
ⓘ
short stories published in literary magazines ⓘ |
| field |
fiction
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | short story ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
first prize
ⓘ
prize stories anthology selection ⓘ second prize ⓘ third prize ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
monetary prize
ⓘ
publication in anthology ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
canon of American short fiction
ⓘ
reputation of emerging short story writers ⓘ |
| honors | short story writers ⓘ |
| inception | 1919 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | legacy of O. Henry as a short story writer ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American literary awards tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorksRecognized | English ⓘ |
| location |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter |
O. Henry
ⓘ
O. Henry ⓘ
surface form:
William Sydney Porter
|
| notableFor | prestige among American short story prizes ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | annual anthology ⓘ |
| scope | stories first published in the previous year ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
stories selected from magazines and journals
ⓘ
winners chosen by jurors ⓘ |
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
O. Henry Prize
this entity surface form:
O. Henry Prize Stories
subject surface form:
Carl Frederick Buechner
subject surface form:
Joyce Carol Oates
subject surface form:
William Hoffman (novelist)