Pushcart Prize Special Mention:

(2011)
Jill Tidman, “This Is How I Saw It”

   New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010: 

                Patricia Engel’s collection Vida, included her story "Paloma," originally published in Issue 16.1.

                 "from Catabolism" by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, anthologized in Verse Daily (2009)

                 "Dear P. XII" by Victoria Chang, anthologized in Verse Daily (2009)

                 "Certainly Uncertain: a love of tone poem" by Bob Hicok, anthologized in Verse Daily (2009)        

                 "Was to Have Been Called Whip-poor-will" by Lisa Olstein, anthologized in Verse Daily (2009)

Best New Poets Anthology 
(2009)
Joshua Robbins, “The Man in Hopper’s Office in a Small City”

Pushcart Prize Special Mention 
(2006)
Eugene Martin, excerpt of “Waste”

Flannery O’Connor Award for Fiction 
(2000)
Bill Roorbach’s “Thanksgiving”

O. Henry Prize Anthology
 
(1998)
Peter Weltner’s “Movietone: Detour”

100 Distinguished Stories of 1997
Sonia Gernes’ “Ye Watchers”

Best American Gay Fiction Prize Anthology
(1997)
Kolin Ohi’s “A Backward Glance” and Stephen Beachy’s “Shapes”

O. Henry Prize Anthology
 
(1997)
Mary Gaitskill’s “Comfort”

Best American Poetry Prize Anthology
 
(1996)
Alice Notley’s “The Longest Times”