Canadians Alexander MacLeod, Souvankham Thammavongsa & John Keeble win O. Henry Prize

Canadian writersAlexander MacLeod, Souvankham Thammavongsa and John Keebleare among the 20 winners of the 2019 O. Henry Prize.

Now in its 100th year, the O. Henry Prize annually selects the year's 20 best short stories and collects themin an anthology. This year's book is edited by New York writer Laura Furman, and will be available in fall 2019.

Stories written in English and published in Canadian or American magazines are eligible.

MacLeodhas won forLagomorph,published in Granta. The Halifax writer is also the author of the collectionLight Lifting,which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and is a faculty member at Saint Mary's University.

Thammavongsais among the winners forSlingshot,published by Harper's Magazine. The award-winning Toronto writer recently published her third poetry collection,Cluster.

Keeble, who holds both Canadian and U.S.citizenship, has won forSynchronicity,published by Harper's Magazine. He's published several books, most recently the novelThe Shadows of Owls in 2013. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Saskatchewan and California, Keeble now lives on a small farm in Washington.

Other 2019 recipients include Tessa Hadley,Patricia Engel andJohn Edgar Wideman. Visit Lithub for the full list of O. Henry Prize winners.