TV Article Lydia Davis, Lionel Shriver among O. Henry Prize winners By Isabella Biedenharn Published on May 21, 2015 07:04PM EDT Photo: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty Images The O. Henry Prize Stories for 2015 have been announced, all of which will appear in an anthology coming this September. Says O. Henry Prize editor Laura Furman, “Our jurors read the 20 O. Henry Prize Stories in a blind manuscript. Each story appears in the same type and format with no attribution of the magazine that published it or the author’s name. The jurors don’t consult the series editor or one another. Although the jurors write their essays without knowledge of the authors’ names, the names are inserted into the essay later for the sake of clarity.” This year’s jurors were Tessa Hadley, Kristen Iskandrian, and Michael Parker. The winners: Percival Everett — “Finding Billy White Feather,” Virginia Quarterly ReviewLydia Davis — “The Seals,” The Paris ReviewLionel Shriver — “Kilifi Creek,” The New YorkerManuel Muñoz — “Happiest Girl in the Whole USA,” Glimmer TrainRussell Banks — “A Permanent Member of the Family,” ConjunctionsDina Nayeri — “A Ride Out of Phrao,” Alaska Quarterly Review Emily Ruskovich — “Owl,” One StoryBecky Hagenston — “The Upside-Down World,” SubtropicsLynn Freed — “The Way Things Are Going,” Harper’sBrenda Peynado — “The History of Happiness,” Cimarron ReviewNaira Kuzmich — “The Kingsley Drive Chorus,” SalamanderEmma Torzs— “Word of Mouth,” The Three Penny ReviewChristopher Merkner — “Cabins,” SubtropicsMolly Antopol — “My Grandmother Tells Me This Story,” EcotoneLynne Sharon Schwartz — “The Golden Rule,” Fifth Wednesday JournalJoan Silber — “About My Aunt,” Tin HouseThomas Pierce — “Ba Baboon,” The New YorkerElizabeth Strout — “Snow Blind,” Virginia Quarterly ReviewVauhini Vara — “I, Buffalo,” Tin HouseElizabeth McCracken — “From the Radio,” Zoetrope: All-Story