The

O. Henry Festival

2000

O. Henry Festival Upcoming Events

All events are open to the public.*

• Sunday, March 26:
• Ernest Gaines, Huggins Auditorium, Greensboro College. 3:00-5:00 p.m. Book signing and reception will follow in Lea Center.
• Monday, March 27:
• Ernest Gaines, Student Award Ceremony. Weaver Education Center. 1:00-2:30 p.m.
• Mark Smith-Soto and Linda Beatrice Brown, poetry workshop
• Lee Zacharias and Micheal Gaspeny, fiction seminar
• Sheila Nayar, film writer, screen writing lecture
• Jackie Stanley, bibliotherapy workshop. Greensboro Public Library, 219 N. Church Street-7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Book signing and reception will follow-8:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 28:
• George Ella Lyon, Greensboro Historical Museum. 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Book signing and reception will follow.
• Wednesday, March 29:
• Sharyn McCrumb and balladeer Jack Hinshelwood. Finch Chapel, Greensboro College. 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Book signing and reception will follow.
• Thursday, March 30:
• Reeve Lindbergh. Short Fiction Awards Banquet - O. Henry Hotel. 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. dinner. Booksigning will follow.

Other O. Henry Resources

Order books by Ernest Gaines, Sharyn McCrumb, O. Henry, etc.
Greensboro College's homepage
O. Henry Family Picture
George Ella Lyon
Sharyn McCrumb
Ernest Gaines

The O. Henry Festival 2000, judged by fiction writer Jill McCorkle, is no longer accepting submissions. All stories have been received, and the results will be posted at a later date. For more information, e-mail Judy Cheatham.

The winners in the 1998 Short Fiction Contest, judged by fiction writer Michael Parker, were Michael Gaspeny (My Life with the DoSaldis), Brian Meehan (The Gunman of Beverly Hills), and Michael Jasper (Fences).

O.Henry was the pen name of the famous Greensboro native William Sydney Porter. O. Henry wrote many short stories, one of the most notable being "The Gift of the Magi." Porter is often associated with surprise endings, because of the plot twists involved in the ends of his stories.

Please be sure to join us at the O. Henry Festival as the acclaimed author, George Ella Lyon, will be debuting her 28th book entitled "One Lucky Girl."

*All O. Henry Festival events are free, except for the banquest.