The series began in 1915, when Edward O'Brien edited his selection of the previous year's stories.
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Perhaps the most significant instance of O'Brien's instincts involves Ernest Hemingway; O'Brien published that author's "My Old Man" when it had not even been published yet, and was, moreover, instrumental in finding an American publisher for In Our Time.
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The Best American Short Stories 1992 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series edited by Robert Stone.
The Gettysburg Review is one of the most frequent sources of material for The Best American Essays, The Best American Poetry, and The Best American Short Stories series.