A collection of twenty-one stories about proms, the dates, and expectations.

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