Selected work
“Serranos” by Francisco González for McSweeney’s Quarterly (selected for The O. Henry Prize Stories 2024 and cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“Recognition” by Caleb Crain for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“The Air as Air” by Ed Park for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“The Testament of Edward Hyde” by Jim Shepard for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“Washing Up” by Erin Somers for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“Weather Reports: Voices from Xinjiang” by Ben Mauk for The Believer
“Such Perfection” by Chloé Cooper Jones for The Believer
(selected for The Best American Travel Writing 2020)
“Trilingual Plush Octopus” by Alejandro Zambra for The Believer
“Send in the Clones” by James Pogue for the The Believer (cited as notable in The Best American Science Writing 2020)
2018
“William F. Hobby Airport” by Eileen Myles for The Believer
“Crestwood Lake, Allendale, New Jersey” by Lisa Ko for The Believer
“Tool: Timberland Boots, $190” by Bijan Stephen for The Believer
“The B-Side of Blackness” by Zandria Felice Robinson for The Believer
“How to Make a French Exit” by Eugene Lim for The Believer
“How to Talk to Bears” by Tennessee Jones for The Believer
“Our Fish” by Michael Snyder for The Believer
2016
“Dear Students: A Letter from Your Muslim America Teacher” by Zaina Arafat for VICE.com
“My Time with the Bangladeshi Bloggers Facing Terror and Machete Attacks“ by Ranbir Sidhu Singh for VICE.com
2015
“Does America Deserve Malala?” by Ayesha Siddiqi for VICE.com
“Blackface Refuses to Die” by Ashley Clark for VICE.com
“I Played ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out” by Timothy Faust for VICE.com
2023
“The Jewel of the Gulf of Mexico” by Selena Gambrell Anderson for McSweeney’s Quarterly (selected for The Best American Short Stories 2024)“Serranos” by Francisco González for McSweeney’s Quarterly (selected for The O. Henry Prize Stories 2024 and cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“Recognition” by Caleb Crain for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“The Air as Air” by Ed Park for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“The Testament of Edward Hyde” by Jim Shepard for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
“Washing Up” by Erin Somers for McSweeney’s Quarterly (cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2024)
2019
“Translating a Person” by Alejandro Zambra for The Believer“Weather Reports: Voices from Xinjiang” by Ben Mauk for The Believer
“Such Perfection” by Chloé Cooper Jones for The Believer
(selected for The Best American Travel Writing 2020)
“Trilingual Plush Octopus” by Alejandro Zambra for The Believer
“Send in the Clones” by James Pogue for the The Believer (cited as notable in The Best American Science Writing 2020)
2018
“William F. Hobby Airport” by Eileen Myles for The Believer“Crestwood Lake, Allendale, New Jersey” by Lisa Ko for The Believer
“Tool: Timberland Boots, $190” by Bijan Stephen for The Believer
“The B-Side of Blackness” by Zandria Felice Robinson for The Believer
“How to Make a French Exit” by Eugene Lim for The Believer
“How to Talk to Bears” by Tennessee Jones for The Believer
“Our Fish” by Michael Snyder for The Believer
2016
“Dear Students: A Letter from Your Muslim America Teacher” by Zaina Arafat for VICE.com“My Time with the Bangladeshi Bloggers Facing Terror and Machete Attacks“ by Ranbir Sidhu Singh for VICE.com
2015
“Does America Deserve Malala?” by Ayesha Siddiqi for VICE.com“Blackface Refuses to Die” by Ashley Clark for VICE.com
“I Played ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out” by Timothy Faust for VICE.com