2020 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize
Awarded to One Story
The Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes acknowledge, reward, and encourage organizations that actively nurture the writers who tell us, through their art, what is important.
2018 CLMP Firecracker Award
Awarded to One Story
The CLMP Firecracker Awards for Independently and Self-Published Literature celebrate books and magazines making a sparkling contribution to our literary culture, and publishers striving to introduce important voices to readers far and wide.
2014 AWP Small Press Publisher Award
Awarded to One Story
AWP’s Small Press Publisher Award is an annual prize for nonprofit presses and literary journals that recognizes the important role such organizations play in publishing creative works and introducing new authors to the reading public.
2009 PEN/Nora Magid Award
Awarded to Hannah Tinti
The PEN/Nora Magid Award, established in 1993, honors a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have, throughout his or her career, contributed significantly to the excellence of the publication he or she edits.
Issue Awards
2024
Pushcart Prize Stories 2024
O. Henry Prize Stories 2024
Best American Short Stories 2024
Best American Short Stories 2024: Distinguished Stories
2023
Pushcart Prize Stories 2023
Best American Short Stories 2023: Distinguished Stories
2022
O. Henry Prize Stories 2022
Best American Short Stories 2022
Best American Short Stories 2022: Distinguished Stories
Pushcart Prize 2022: Special Mentions
2021
Best American Short Stories 2021
Best American Short Stories 2021: Distinguished Stories
Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021
2020
2019
O. Henry Prize Stories 2019
Pushcart Prize 2019
Best American Short Stories 2019: Distinguished Stories
Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019
2018
Pushcart Prize 2018
PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize for Emerging Writers 2018
O. Henry Prize Stories 2018
New Stories from the Midwest 2018
2017
Pushcart Prize 2017
Best American Non-Required Reading 2017
Best American Short Stories: Notable Stories 2017
2016
Pushcart Prize 2016
Pushcart Prize 2016: Special Mentions
Best American Short Stories: Notable Stories 2016
The Pole of Cold by Erika Krouse
Best American Mystery Stories 2016
2015
O. Henry Prize Stories 2015
Best American Short Stories 2015
The Caine Prize for African Writing: Shortlist 2015
2014
Best American Non-Required Reading: Notable Stories 2014
Best American Mystery Stories 2014
2013
Pushcart Prize 2013
Best American Short Stories 2013
2012
Pushcart Prize 2012: Best of the Small Presses
Best American Mystery Stories 2012
2011
Pushcart Prize 2011: Best of the Small Presses
Children are the Only Ones who Blush by Joe Meno
Pushcart Prize 2011: Best of the Small Presses “Special Mentions”
A Splendid Life by Carrie Brown
Best American Short Stories 2011
Best American Short Stories: Notable Stories 2011
PEN Emerging Writers Award 2011
Best American Non-Required Reading: Notable Stories 2011
2010
Pushcart Prize 2010: Best of the Small Presses
What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us by Laura van den Berg
Pushcart Prize 2010: Best of the Small Presses “Special Mentions”
Muscle Memory by Katherine Karlin
Safe Passage by Ramona Ausubel
Best American Short Stories top 100 “Notable Stories of 2010”
A Splendid Life by Carrie Brown
Children are the Only Ones who Blush by Joe Meno
New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2010
Best American Non-Required Reading 2010, “Notable Stories”
Meteorology by Adin Bookbinder
2009
O. Henry Awards 2009
Best American Short Stories top 100 “Notable Stories of 2009”
Familial Kindness by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
Puschart Prize 2009: Best of the Small Presses
Pushcart Prize 2009: Best of the Small Presses “Special Mentions”
Pushcart Prize 2009: Special Mentions
Best American Non-Required Reading 2009
Best American Non-Required Reading 2009, “Notable Stories”
New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2009
Best American Mystery Stories 2009
Best American Fantasy 2009
2008
Pushcart Prize 2008: Best of the Small Presses “Special Mentions”
2007
O. Henry Awards 2007
Best American Short Stories top 100 “Notable Stories of 2007”
Best American Fantasy 2007
Best Non-Required Reading 2007, Shortlist
2006
Best American Short Stories top 100 “Notable Stories of 2006”
One Small Man by Daniel Wallace
A Perfect Stranger by Roxana Robinson
Pushcart Prize 2006: Best of the Small Presses “Special Mentions”
New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best 2006
Best American Non-Required Reading 2006
2005
Pushcart Prize 2005: Best of the Small Presses “Special Mentions”
Best American Short Stories top 100 “Notable Stories of 2005”
The Magic Pebble by Valerie Trueblood
Thomas Hardy’s Heart by Pauls Toutonghi
Winner, Fountain Award 2005
Runner up, Fountain Award 2005
Best New American Voices 2005
2004
Best American Short Stories top 100 “Notable Stories of 2004”
Transition to Glory by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best American Non-Required Reading 2004, short list
