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2016

Best American Essays: Amy Archer, "Slow Motion" (PMS 14)

2015

Best American Poetry 2015: Madelyn Garner, “The Garden in August” (PMS 14)

Best American Essays 2015: Alison Chapman, "The Paradise Within," and Cristina Nettles, "The Death of an Independent Bookstore" (PMS 14)

2014

Best American Essays 2014: Leslie Pietrzyk, “Joy to the World” (PMS 13)

2012

Best Amer­i­can Essays 2012: Lis­beth Pri­fogle (mem­oir), “Pretty” (PMS 11)

2011

Best Amer­i­can Essays 2011: Gar­nett Kil­berg Cohen (mem­oir), “Alzheimer’s Daugh­ter” (PMS 10)

2009

New Sto­ries from the South 2009: Tayari Jones, “Some Thing Blue” (PMS 8)

Best Cre­ative Non­fic­tion, Vol. 3: Edwidge Dan­ti­cat, “Uncle Moïse” (PMS 8)

2008

Best Amer­i­can Essays 2008: Patri­cia Bri­eschke (mem­oir), “Crack­ing Open” (PMS 7)

Best Cre­ative Non­fic­tion, Vol. 2: Patri­cia Bri­eschke (mem­oir), “Crack­ing Open” (PMS 7)

Best Cre­ative Non­fic­tion, Vol. 1: Lori Soder­lind (mem­oir), “66 Signs that the For­mer Stu­dent who Invited You to Din­ner Is Try­ing to Seduce You” (PMS 5)

2007

Best Amer­i­can Essays 2007: Molly Pea­cock (mem­oir), “Pas­sion Flow­ers in Win­ter” (PMS 6)

2005

Best Amer­i­can Essays 2005: Holly Welker (mem­oir), “Satin Wor­ship” (PMS 4)

New Sto­ries from the South: Ada Long (story), “Clair­voy­ant” (PMS 4)

Push­cart Prize 2005: Hon­or­able men­tion (poem), Hon­orée Fanonne Jef­fers, “What is Writ­ten for Me” (PMS 3)

2004

Best Amer­i­can Poetry 2004: Carly Sachs (poem), “the story” (PMS 3)

2003

Best Amer­i­can Poetry 2003: Ruth Stone (poem), “Lines” (PMS 2)
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