The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners—continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence—contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. Includes the work of: Jamel Brinkley, Tessa Hadley, Adachioma Ezeano, Anthony Doerr, Tiphanie Yanique, Joan Silber, Jowhor Ile, Emma Cline, and Sally Rooney.