American Academy of Arts and Letters
Lore Segal, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award, HER FIRST AMERICAN, 1986
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lore Segal, 2006
American Academy Prix de Rome
Padgett Powell, American Academy Prix de Rome, 1987
American Book Awards
Padgett Powell, American Book Award, Best Debut, nominee, EDISTO, 1984
Andy Warhol Foundation
Elvia Wilk, Arts Writers Grant Recipient
Barnes & Noble Awards
Matthew Eck, Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, THE FARTHER SHORE, 2007
Best American series
Jane Brox, Best American Essays 1996, “Influenza 1918.” 1996
Anne Matthews, Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002, “Wall Street Losses, Wall Street Gains,” 2002
Padgett Powell, Best American Sports Writing, “Grappling with a Giant,” 1996
Lore Segal, Best American Short Stories 1989, “The Reverse Bug,” 1989
Black Mountain Institute
Mary South, Shearing Fellow, Fall 2021
Books for a Better Life Awards
Virginia Holman, Books for a Better Life Award, Inspirational Memoir, Finalist, RESCUING PATTY HEARST, 2003
British Science Fiction Association Award for Short Fiction
Mary South, Long List, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, 2020
Berggruen Institute
Elvia Wilk, Fellow, 2020
Center for Fiction First Novel Award
Elvia Wilk, Long List, OVAL, 2019
Creative Capital
Jeffery Renard Allen, Creative Capital Support Grant, 2006
Ernest G. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
Jeffery Renard Allen, Ernest G. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, 2010
Fulbright Program
Padgett Powell, Fulbright Lectureship, 1989
Emily Robbins, Fulbright Research Fellowship 2016
Emily Robbins, Fulbright Research Fellowship 2007
Independent Publisher Book Awards
Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Gold Prize, LOVE YOUR AGE, 2019
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Jeffery Renard Allen, nominee, SONG OF THE SHANK, 2016
Richard Zimler, nominee, THE NIGHT WATCHMAN, 2016
Richard Zimler, nominee, THE WARSAW ANAGRAMS, 2012
Richard Zimler, nominee, THE SEVENTH GATE, 2009
Richard Zimler, nominee, THE SEARCH FOR SANA, 2007
Richard Zimler, nominee, HUNTING MIDNIGHT, 2005
James Tait Black Prize
Padgett Powell, Fiction winner, YOU & I, 2012
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
Jeffery Renard Allen, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fiction, 2015
Jane Brox, Guggenheim Fellowship, Nonfiction, 2007
Barbara Hurd, Guggenheim Fellowship, Nonfiction, 2015
Lore Segal, Guggenheim Fellowship, Creative Writing, 1965
Ken Book Award
Virginia Holman, Ken Book Award, RESCUING PATTY HEARST, 2004
Maine Literary Awards
Jane Brox, Book Award for Nonfiction, SILENCE, 2019
Milkweed National Prize for Fiction
Matthew Eck, Milkweed National Prize for Fiction, THE FARTHER SHORE, 2007
National Book Critics Circle Awards
Jane Brox, National Book Critics Circle Award, General Nonfiction, finalist, FIVE THOUSAND DAYS LIKE THIS ONE, 1999
Matthew Eck, National Book Critics Circle, Good Reads selection, THE FARTHER SHORE, 2007
National Book Foundation/National Book Awards
Matthew Eck, National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” Fiction selection, THE FARTHER SHORE, 2008
National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities
Jane Brox, National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Literature, 1994
Lore Segal, National Endowment for the Arts, Grant in Fiction, 1987
Lore Segal, National Endowment for the Humanities, Grant in Translation, 1982
Lore Segal, National Endowment for the Arts, Grant in Fiction, 1972
Aaron Thier, National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2016
Richard Zimler, National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Fiction, 1994
Nautilus Award
Judy Bernstein and Alephonsion Deng, Nautilus Gold Award Winner for Multicultural and Indigenous category, DISTURBED IN THEIR NESTS, 2018
New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
Jeffery Renard Allen, Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, 2001
Lore Segal, Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, 2008
NYS Writers Hall of Fame
Lore Segal, Inductee, 2020
New York Times Best Sellers
Breena Clarke, RIVER, CROSS MY HEART, 1999
Jesse Green, SHY, 2022
Jay Heinrichs, THANK YOU FOR ARGUING, 2016
Sam Sifton, SEE YOU ON SUNDAY, 2020
Walter Kirn, UP IN THE AIR, 2001
New York Times Notable Books of the Year
Jeffery Renard Allen, SONG OF THE SHANK, 2014
Lore Segal, HALF THE KINGDOM, 2013
Oprah’s Book Club
Breena Clarke, Oprah’s Book Club selection, RIVER, CROSS MY HEART, 1999
Overseas Press Club
Michael Lemonick, Whitman Bassow Award for environmental reporting, 2001
PEN American Center | PEN/Faulkner Award
Jeffery Renard Allen, Fiction Finalist, SONG OF THE SHANK, 2015
PEN American Center | PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories
Jane Brox, L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, HERE AND NOWHERE ELSE, 1996
Lore Segal, PEN/O. Henry Prize Story, “Making Good,” 2008
Lore Segal, O. Henry Awards Prize Story, “The Reverse Bug,” 1990
PEN American Center | PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
Mary South, Finalist, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, 2021
Pulitzer Prizes
Anne Matthews, Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, finalist, WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM, 1992
Lore Segal, Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, Finalist, SHAKESPEARE’S KITCHEN: STORIES, 2008
Pushcart Prizes
Jane Brox, Pushcart Prize XXVIII, “Afterwards,” 2003
Jane Brox, Pushcart Prize XXV, “Twilight of the Apple Growers,” 2000
Matthew Eck, Pushcart Prize XXXII, nomination, “Ward No. 6,” 2008
Barbara Hurd, Pushcart Prize XL, “The True Seer Hears,” 2016
Barbara Hurd, Pushcart Prize XXXII, “Fine Distinctions,” 2008
Barbara Hurd, Pushcart Prize XXVIII, “Squeeze,” 2005
Padgett Powell, Pushcart Prize XV, “Typical,” 1990
Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
Virginia Holman, Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism, RESCUING PATTY HEARST, 2003
Sewanee Writers’ Conference
Mary South, Fellow, 2021
The Story Prize
Mary South, Longlist, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, 2021
Thurber Prize for American Humor
Aaron Thier, Finalist, 2017
Aaron Thier, Semifinalist, 2015
Whiting Foundation Awards
Jeffery Renard Allen, Whiting Writer’s Award, 2002
Padgett Powell, Whiting Writer’s Award, 1986