"A Vintage Books original 2024"--Title page verso

"[C]ontains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Amor Towles has curated an exhilarating assemblage of stories by an international array of talented writers. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Towles, fascinating observations from the winning writers on what inspired their work, and an extensive and useful directory of magazines and literary websites that publish short fiction"--Page 4 of cover

Introduction / Amor Towles -- Roy / Emma Binder

(Gulf Coast) --

Soccer balls of Mr. Kurz / Michele Mari ; translated from the Italian by Brian Robert Moore

(The New Yorker) --

Orphans / Brad Felver

(Subtropics) --

Home visit / Morris Collins

(Subtropics) --

Import / Jai Chakrabarti

(Ploughshares) --

Didi / Amber Caron

(Electric Literature) --

Serranos / Francisco González

(McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) --

Hiding spot / Caroline Kim

(New England Review) --

Junior / Katherine D. Stutzman

(Harvard Review) --

My good friend / Juliana Leite ; translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry

(The Paris Review) --

Castle of Rose Tellin / Kate DiCamillo

(Harper's Magazine) --

Rain / Colin Barrett

(Granta) --

Marital problems / Robin Romm

(The Sewanee Review) --

Last grownup / Allegra Goodman

(The New Yorker) --

Honor of your presence / Dave Eggers

(One Story) --

Paper artist / E. K. Ota

(Ploughshares) --

Room-service waiter / Tom Crewe

(Granta) --

Seeing through maps / Madeline ffitch

(Harper's Magazine) --

Dark / Jess Walter

(Ploughshares) --

Mobilization / Allegra Hyde

(Story) --

O. Henry Prize winners 2024: the writers on their work