Awards and recognition
CQR’s Best American Notable Stories of the Year by Katherine Heiny and Octavio Solis
We’re proud to be included in the Notable Stories of the Year in Best American Short Stories, edited by Junot Diaz. Congratulations Katherine Heiny for “Cranberry Relish” and Octavio Solis for “Sonia’s New Smile”–both published in CQR #19!
Pushcart Prize Special Mention for Willer de Oliveira and CQR #18
Congratulations to Willer de Oliveira, for receiving a Special Mention in Pushcart Prize 2016 for his terrific story “The Urologist” which appeared in CQR #18!
How it begins:
“My first encounter with Ralph happened when he was still a professor of German language and literature at Virginia Tech. On the very first day of classes, Ralph’s eccentricity surfaced when he surprised his students with strange music on a tape recorder. When he asked the class to identify the language and the singer, the confused students could not recognize the lyrics, not to mention the singer, except me. It was an old recording of Carmen Miranda, and the language was Portuguese. Naturally, I had the advantage over the other students because I was Brazilian, and Carmen Miranda was still considered an icon in my country…”
Chicago Quarterly Review receives 4 commendations in Best American Essays 2015!
We’re very excited to announce that four essays published in the Chicago Quarterly Review in 2014 have been named Notable Essays of the Year in The Best American Essays 2015! Congratulations to our contributors:
Marcia Cavell for “Waiting” –Issue #17
Paul Skenazy for “The World Left Behind” –Issue #17
Harmony Button for “Dear Spider(s) –Issue #18
Michael Milburn for “Home Grown” –Issue #18 !!!