Awards 2017

Best American Comics 2017


Notable Comic
Margaret Kimball, “Dave” (issue 20, vol. 11, no. 1)

Best American Essays 2017

Notable Essays
Laurie Clements Lambeth, “Going Downhill From Here” (issue 21, vol. 11, no. 2)
Samantha Tucker, “Fountain Girls” (issue 22, vol. 12, no. 1)

Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017

Notable Story
Nathan Poole, “Open Season” (issue 22, vol. 12, no. 1)

The Orison Anthology 2017

Zeina Hashem Beck, “Listen” (issue 21, vol. 11, no. 2)

The Pushcart Prize 2017

Steve Almond, “Dritter Klasse Ohne Fensterscheiben” (issue 19, vol. 10, no. 2)
Melissa Pritchard, “The Carnation Milk Palace” (issue 19, vol. 10, no. 2)

Special Mentions
Katy Didden, “C Train Concerto for Two Cellos, with Cavafy” (issue 20, vol. 11, no. 1)
Toni Jensen, “In the Time of Rocks” (issue 20, vol. 11, no. 1)
Jamie Quatro, “Wreckage” (issue 19, vol. 10, no. 2)
Aisha Sabatini Sloan, “D is for Dance of the Hours” (issue 20, vol. 11, no. 1)
Ana Maria Spagna, “Hope Without Hope” (issue 19, vol. 10, no. 2)
Joni Tevis, “What Looks Like Mad Disorder” (The World Is On Fire, Milkweed) Originally published in Ecotone, (issue 17, vol. 9, no. 2)

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