Story and Poem Reprints

1) "The Story of the Door" by David Huddle (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2002)
2) "Bleed Blue in Indonesia" by Adam Desnoyers (Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards 2003)
3) "Kissing" by William Kittredge (Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards 2003)
4) "Pagans" by Rick Bass (New Stories from the South 2004)
5) "Horseflies" by Robert Wrigley (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2005)
6) "The Girls" by Joy Williams (The Best American Short Stories 2005)
7) "Goats" by Rick Bass (New Stories from the South 2007)
8) "Goats" by Rick Bass (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2008)

Short-listed or Special Mention Stories

1) "In Irons" by Ann Beattie (The Best American Short Stories 1999)
2) "The Voices from the Other Room" by Richard Bausch (The Best American Short Stories 1999)
3) "The Air Above the Ground" by Robert Olmstead (The Best American Short Stories 1999)
4) "Detours" by Stephen Dixon (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2001)
5) "The Soul of the Gorrilla" by David Borofka (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2001)
6) "How to Fall" by Edith Pearlman (The Best American Short Stories 2004)
7) "At the Bottom of the United States" by Carol Bly (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2004)
8) "The Canoeist" by Rick Bass (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2003)
9) "The Girls" by Joy Williams (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2005)
10) "The Coat" by Edith Pearlman (The Best American Short Stories 2005)
11) "The Isle of Wigs" by Carolyn Cooke (The Best American Short Stories 2005)
12) "Phone Rings Six" by Stephen Dixon (The Best American Short Stories 2005)
13) "Pagans" by Ron Carlson (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2005)
14) "O Perfect, Perfect Love" by David Borofka (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2005)
15) "Waiting for Dick to Die" by John Keeble (The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2005)