O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
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In 1918 the Society of Arts and Sciences established the O. Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the previous year with cash prizes. 1921 was a particularly productive year with sterling and brilliantly varied examples of the art of short story writing as are included here. The selection committee struggled to agree on these, but finally, here they are for us to enjoy and record. The length varies but most are sufficiently long for a reader to get their teeth into and enjoy. The stories are listed in a rough order of how they were judged, but all are excellent. Note that one story, 'Martin Gerrity Gets Even' actually had two authors, Courtney Ryley Cooper, and Leo F. Creagan but only one is able to be credited - Summary by Phil Chenevert (0 hr 53 min)
Chapters
| The Heart of Little Shikara | 1:07:26 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| The Man who Cursed the Lilies | 42:27 | Read by Jacquerie |
| The Urge | 57:28 | Read by Jacquerie |
| Mummery | 38:38 | Read by David Hinson |
| The Victim of His Vision | 1:09:13 | Read by meridiculous |
| Martin Gerrity Gets Even | 34:40 | Read by Fred Sandal |
| Stranger Things | 1:27:39 | Read by Jothi Tharavant |
| Comet | 39:27 | Read by Jothi Tharavant |
| Fifty-two Weeks for Florette | 57:46 | Read by Wendy Almeida |
| Wild Earth, part 1 | 38:37 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Wild Earth, part 2 | 45:31 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| The Tribute | 12:54 | Read by Garth Burton |
| The Get-away | 17:41 | Read by Graham McMillan |
| 'Aurore' | 36:21 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Mr. Downey Sits Down | 36:28 | Read by Jacquerie |
| The Marriage in Kairwan | 43:07 | Read by Graham McMillan |
| Grit | 48:17 | Read by Mike Pelton |