Twenty-one writers present twenty-one stories about their prom event reflecting silliness, humor, and the dress and stress of the evening.

You are a prom queen, dance dance dance / by Elizabeth Craft -- All she wants / by Cecily von Ziegesar -- In vodka veritas / by Holly Black -- Your big night / by Sarah Mlynowski -- Off like a prom dress / by Billy Merrell -- "Mom called, she says you have to go to prom" / by Adrienne Maria Vrettos -- Better be good to me / by Daniel Ehrenhaft -- Three fates / by Aimee Friedman -- The question: a play in one act / by Brent Hartinger -- Shutter / by Will Leitch -- Geechee girls dancin', 1955 / by Jacqueline Woodson -- How I wrote to Toby / by E. Lockhart -- A six-pack of Bud, a fifth of whiskey, and me / by Melissa de la Cruz -- Primate the prom / by Libba Bray -- Apology #1 / by Ned Vizzini -- See me / by Lisa Ann Sandell -- Prom for fat girls / by Rachel Cohn -- Chicken / by Jodi Lynn Anderson -- The backup date / by Leslie Margolis -- Lost sometimes / by David Levithan -- The Great American Morp / by John Green.