Selected Awards and Honors

American Book Award
Interrogations at Noon by Dana Gioia: 2002 Winner
Salvation and Other Disasters by Josip Novakovich: 1998 Winner

American Academy of Arts and Letters
Tony Hoagland: 2002 Literature Award (for body of work)
Carl Phillips: 2001 Literature Award (for body of work)

American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Book Award
My Lesbian Husband by Barrie Jean Borich: 1999 Nonfiction Winner
From the Devotions by Carl Phillips: 1998 Finalist
A Four-Sided Bed by Elizabeth Searle: 1998 Finalist

American Library Association Most Notable Books List
Bellocq’s Ophelia by Natasha Trethewey: 2002
The Delinquent Virgin by Laura Kalpakian: 1999
Otherwise: New & Selected Poems by Jane Kenyon: 1997
Moon Crossing Bridge by Tess Gallagher: 1993
Friday Night at Silver Star by Patricia Henley: 1986

Bingham Poetry Prize
One Crossed Out by Fanny Howe: 1997 Finalist

Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award
The Ghost of Bridgetown by Debra Spark: 2002 Finalist

Binghamton University Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award
My Favorite Apocalypse by Catie Rosemurgy: 2002 Finalist

Booksense 76 Poetry Top Ten List
Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey: 2001

Charity Randall Citation of the International Poetry Forum
Eamon Grennan: 2001

“ Discovery” / The Nation Award
Some Ether by Nick Flynn: 1999 Winner

Editor’s Choice/Publishers Weekly
From the Devotions by Carl Phillips: 1998
Friday Night at Silver Star by Patricia Henley: 1986

Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award
Loverboy by Victoria Redel: 2002 Finalist for the Literary Fiction category
War Memorials by Clint McCown: 2001 Finalist for the General Fiction category
How the Body Prays by Peter Weltner: 1999 Silver Award for the Gay/Lesbian category
Nola: A Memoir of Faith, Art, and Madness by Robin Hemley: 1998 Winner for the Biography/Memoir category

Friends of American Writers in Chicago
Apricots from Chernobyl by Josip Novakovich: 1996, 2nd Place

Independent Publisher Book Award
Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal: 2003 Finalist for Fiction
By Herself edited by Molly McQuade: 2001 Finalist for Womens’ Issues
Nola: A Memoir of Faith, Art, and Madness by Robin Hemley: 1999 Winner for Autobiography/Memoir

James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets
The Long Meadow by Vijay Seshadri: 2003 Winner
Sad Little Breathing Machine by Matthea Harvey: 2003 Finalist
Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey: 2001 Finalist
Except by Nature by Sandra Alcosser: 1998 Winner
Donkey Gospel by Tony Hoagland: 1997 Winner
Wise Poison by David Rivard: 1996 Winner

Koret Jewish Book Award
The Wedding Jester by Steve Stern: 1999 Finalist

Lambda Literary Award
Famous Builder by Paul Lisicky: 2002 Finalist, Gay Memoir
Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal: 2002 Finalist, Gay Fiction
Pastoral by Carl Phillips: 2001 Winner, Gay Poetry
My Lesbian Husband by Barrie Jean Borich: 2000 Finalist, Lesbian Memoir
Cortège by Carl Phillips: 1995 Finalist, Gay Poetry

Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Still Life with Waterfall by Eamon Grennan: 2003 Winner
Bellocq’s Ophelia by Natasha Trethewey: 2003 Finalist

Levis Reading Prize
Some Ether by Nick Flynn: 2001 Winner
Except by Nature by Sandra Alcosser: 1998 Winner

Library Booknotes Exceptional Book of the Year
From the Devotions by Carl Phillips: 1998

Library of Virginia Literary Award
Graveyard of the Atlantic by Alyson Hagy: 2001 Finalist

Lillian Smith Book Award
Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey: 2001 Winner
Night Talk by Elizabeth Cox: 1998 Winner

L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award
Crossing the Expendable Landscape by Bettina Drew: 1999 Finalist

Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Pastoral by Carl Phillips: 2000 Finalist
Some Ether by Nick Flynn: 2000 Finalist
Wise Poison by David Rivard: 1996 Finalist
Willingly by Tess Gallagher: 1984 Finalist

Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year
Loverboy by Victoria Redel: 2001

Massachusetts Book Award
Blind Huber by Nick Flynn: 2003 Finalist (poetry)
Bewitched Playground by David Rivard: 2001 Finalist (poetry)

The Mining Company: “Best of the Net”
Graywolf Press web site: August 1997

Minnesota Book Awards
Crying at the Movies by Madelon Sprengnether: 2003 Finalist (memoir)
Tug by G.E. Patterson: 2000 Winner (poetry)
My Lesbian Husband by Barrie Jean Borich: 2000 Finalist (memoir)
How the Dead Live by Alvin Greenberg: 1999 Finalist (fiction)
North Enough: AIDS and Other Clear-Cuts by Jan Zita Grover: 1998 Winner (nonfiction)
Little by David Treuer: 1996 Winner (fiction)
Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance by Jack and Rochelle Sutin, edited by Lawrence Sutin: 1996 Winner (memoir)

Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award
Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey: 2001 Winner (poetry)

National Book Award
From the Devotions by Carl Phillips: 1998 Finalist (poetry)

National Book Critics Circle Award
De/Compositions: 101 Good Poems Gone Wrong by W.D. Snodgrass: 2001 Finalist (criticism)
Cortège by Carl Phillips: 1995 Finalist (poetry)
Little: included on the “List of Notable Books from 1995”

National Jewish Book Award
The Wedding Jester by Steve Stern: 1999 Winner (fiction)

New Hampshire Literary Award
Heart-Side Up by Barbara Dimmick: 2003 Winner (fiction)

Norma Farber First Book Award of the Poetry Society of America
My Favorite Apocalypse by Catie Rosemurgy: 2001 Finalist
The Misunderstanding of Nature by Sophie Cabot Black: 1994 Winner

Outstanding/Notable Book, Selected by the New York Times Book Review
Salvation and Other Disasters by Josip Novakovich: 1998
Friday Night at Silver Star by Patricia Henley: 1986
The Ceremony & Other Stories by Weldon Kees: 1984

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award
Early Morning: Remembering My Father, William Stafford by Kim Stafford: 2003 Winner
Except by Nature by Sandra Alcosser: 1999 Winner
We Are Not in This Together by William Kittredge: 1984 Winner

Paterson Prize
Celebrities in Disgrace by Elizabeth Searle: 2002 Fiction Finalist
Salvation and Other Disasters by Josip Novakovich: 1999 Fiction Finalist
How the Dead Live by Alvin Greenberg: 1999 Fiction Finalist
Donkey Gospel by Tony Hoagland: 1999 Poetry Finalist
Big Picture by Percival Everett: 1997 Fiction Finalist
Yolk by Josip Novakovich: 1996 Fiction Finalist
So It Goes by Eamon Grennan: 1996 Poetry Finalist

PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
Without an Alphabet, Without a Face by Saadi Youssef, translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa: 2003 Winner

PEN Center USA West Award
Many Circles: New & Selected Essays by Albert Goldbarth: 2002 Winner in Creative Nonfiction
My Favorite Apocalypse by Catie Rosemurgy: 2002 Finalist in Poetry
The Half-Finished Heaven by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Robert Bly: 2002 Finalist in Translation
Donkey Gospel by Tony Hoagland: 1999 Finalist in Poetry

PEN/Hemingway Prize for First Fiction
Yolk by Josip Novakovich: 1995 Finalist

PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry
Some Ether by Nick Flynn: 1999 Winner

PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction
Halls of Fame by John D’Agata: 2001 Finalist

PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature
Big Picture by Percival Everett: 1996 Winner

Publishing Triangle/Ferro-Grumley Award
Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal: 2002 Finalist

Quality Paperback Book Club’s New Voices Award
Little by David Treuer: 1995 Finalist
Licorice by Abby Frucht: 1991 Winner

Richard J. Margolis Award
Apricots from Chernobyl by Josip Novakovich: 1995 Winner

Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards to "women in early stages of their careers who demonstrate exceptional talent and promise"
Catie Rosemurgy: 2001 Winner (Graywolf published her first collection, My Favorite Apocalypse, in 2001)

Sister Circle Book Awards
From the Devotions by Carl Phillips: 1999 Co-Winner in the Poet/Male Category

Southeast Booksellers Association Book Award
Bellocq’s Ophelia by Natasha Trethewey: 2003 Finalist (poetry)

Time Magazine “Best Book” of the Year
South Wind Changing by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh: 1994

Village Voice Literary Supplement Favorite Books of the Year
Antebellum Dream Book by Elizabeth Alexander: 2001
Chosen by the Lion by Linda Gregg: 1994
Warrior for Gringostroika by Guillermo Gómez-Peña: 1994

Washington State Governor’s Award
Nola: A Memoir of Faith, Art, and Madness by Robin Hemley: 1999 Winner
Willingly by Tess Gallagher: 1984 Winner for Poetry
Under Stars by Tess Gallagher: 1978 Winner for Poetry

Whiting Writers’ Award for “emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise”
Josip Novakovich: 1997 (At this time Graywolf had published his first two books, Apricots from Chernobyl andYolk)
Mark Turpin: 1997 (Graywolf was the first to publish his work in book form in Take Three: 2: AGNI New Poets Series)

William Stafford Memorial Poetry Award
The Owl in the Mask of the Dreamer: Collected Poems by John Haines: 1993 Winner

Witter Bynner Fellowship
Nick Flynn: 2001

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