We’re pleased to announce that two of our stories have been selected by Jennifer Egan for this year’s Best American Short Stories collection: Benjamin Nugent’s “God,” which appeared in issue 206; and “Hover,” by Nell Freudenberger, from issue 207. Their stories will appear in an anthology to be published in October.

We also have nine nominees for this year’s Pushcart Prize:

• David Searcy, “Mad Science,” issue 204

• Ottessa Moshfegh, “The Weirdos,” issue 206

• Susan Stewart, “Pine,” issue 207

• Kevin Young, “Three Poems to Amy Winehouse,” issue 204

• Stephen Dunn, “Feathers,” issue 204

• Ben Lerner, “False Spring,” issue 205

• David Gates, “The Curse of the Davenports,” issue 205

• Kate Levin, “Dirty Parts,” from the Daily, July 2013

• LuLing Osofky, “Kent Johnson’s / Araki Yasusada’s / Tosa Motokiyu’s “Mad Daughter and Big-Bang,” from the Daily, May 2013

Congratulations to all!