Stories selected to receive this prestigious honor were chosen from over 1000 short stories published during 2001 in large, well-known magazines and in small, lesser-known journals and webzines. In all, twelve authors were chosen by ART to receive the Silver Rose Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story. These "one dozen silver roses" are now available in ART’s inaugural publication of SILVER ROSE ANTHOLOGY: Award-Winning Short Stories 2001, the first in an annual anthology series that will feature short stories from twelve authors who have earned ART’s newest award. ART is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts foundation with a stated mission to "promote a rebirth of beauty and life-affirming values in all of the fine arts." The Silver Rose is ART’s symbol of beauty, and the Silver Rose Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story was created to honor writers of exceptional short stories that, one way or another, embody this mission.