UNL Graduate Student of the Year Award: Whitney Douglas
New York Public Library's list of Top 25 Books to Remember for 2007: Zachary Schomburg, The Man Suit (Black Ocean 2007)
Best New American Voices 2008: Razia Sultana Khan, "The Beggar"
International Astraea Foundation 2007 Emerging Lesbian
Writers Competition: Emily Danforth
Salem College 2008 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award: Pascha Stevenson
Honorable Mention 2008 Graduate Council on Teaching Award: Dave Madden, Sandra Tarabochia, and Michael Page 2008 AWP Intro Journals Project Award: Dave Madden’s essay, "Play Dead"
The Journal’s William Allen Creative Nonfiction Contest: Rachael May, "One of Those Fall Days."
Tartts First Fiction Award, sponsored by Livingston Press: Tyrone Jaeger
Three Candles Press First Book Prize: Jehanne Dubrow
Wheeler Fellowship from UNL-Graduate Studies: Fran Davis
Louise VanSickle Fellowship in Creative Writing: Tyrone Jaeger
Karen Dunning Award for a Scholarly Paper or Creative Activity in Women's and Gender Studies: Whitney Douglas and Eric Turley
2006 Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award given by Mid-American Review: Dave Madden
Best American Essays-- "Notable Essays of 2005": Kelly Grey Carlisle
UNL Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Writing Contest: Steve Edwards