“Recommended Story,” Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 ed. by Laura Furman (“Nothing is in Bad Taste,” originally published in Subtropics)

We’re All in This Together, named to the PopMatters list of the Best Books of 2005

Finalist, 2003 National Magazine Award, Fiction Category

Winner, for “Frozen Animals,” the 2003 Harpur Palate John Gardner Memorial Prize For Fiction

Honorable Mention, 1999 Atlantic Monthly Student Writer’s Competition, Fiction Category