• 1996 Drue Heinz Literature Prize
• Mary McCarthy Prize
• O. Henry Prize
• The Pushcart Prize Collection — Best of the Small Presses.
• Spokane Annual Fiction Prize

Short Stories

• "How to Fall", Salon
• "Cul-De-Sac", AGNI, 2007
• "Abundance," Widener Review, Summer 1997
• "Accommodators," Antioch Review, Fall 1999
• "Adventures of Henriette," Whetstone, Summer 1997
• "Afternoons
• "All The Things You Are," Thema, Fall 1993
• "All Their Sins," Whetstone, 1993
• "Allergies," Antioch Review, Fall 1996
• "Allog," Ascent, Fall 1999
• "Assisted Living," Ascent, Winter 2008
• "Aunt Irma Adjusts," Kalliope, Fall 1990
• "Aunt Telephone," Antioch, Summer 2006
• "Art Of The Camera," Oak Square, Fall 1987
• "At Miss Elvira’s," Ingenue, April 1973
• "Beau Geste," Ascent, Fall 2003
• "Binocular Vision," Boston Globe Magazine, March 1993
• "Big Fish," Arts and Letters, Spring 2001
• "Big Sister," Massachusetts Review
• "Blanche’s Season," Other Voices, Spring 1989
• "Book," New England Review, Spring 1982
• "Boy Meets Girl," Sunday Supplements, 1987-1989
• "Brief Lives," Thema, Fall 1990
• "Bun," Ascent, Winter 1981
• "Calvin," Witness, 2002
• "Castle 4," Alaska Quarterly Review, Fall/Winter 2009
• "Capers," Ascent
• "Cavalier," Witness, Fall 1996
• "Chance," Antioch review, Fall 1997
• "Charity," Ascent, Spring 1996
• "Christmas Eve," Evansville Review, Spring 1999
• "Coat," Idaho Review, 2004
• "Conveniences," Ascent, Winter 1982
• "Cook," Alaska Quarterly, Winter 1993
• "Cul-De-Sac," Agni, #65 2007
• "Dear Hearts," Boston Review, February 1988
• "Deliverance," Ascent, Fall 1998
• "Devil’s Trill," This, Winter 1995
• "Diplomacy," Salamander, 2005/2006
• "Donna’s Heart," Ascent, Fall 1990
• "Dorothea," Witness, Spring 1993
• "Dower House," Writer’s Workshop, second prize
• "Dream Children," Post Road, 2003
• "Dreaming, Ascent," Winter 1981
• "Edict," Tikkun, March 1989
• "Eighteen Questions," Alaska Quarterly, Spring 1990
• "Elder Jinks," Antioch Review, Fall 2007
• "End Of The World," Larcom Review, January 2000
• "Envie," Thema, Spring 2004
• "Exit Nurse," Superstition Review(on line), Spring 2009
• "Eyesore," Ascent, Fall 1997
• "Family Trait," Ascent, Spring 1987
• "Fedra’s Wings," Santa Barbara Review, Spring 1997
• "Felix’s Business," New England Review, Summer 1986
• "Fidelity"
• "Finery," Ascent, Winter 2003
• "First Fruits," Sonora Review, Issue 52
• "Fitting," Kenyon Review, Winter 2000
• "Flip and Marian," Kalliope, XXVI No.2 2004
• "Folks At Home," Iowa Review, Winter 1990
• Francs," Atlantic Unbound, December 2001
• "Gaffer’s Delights," Antioch Review, Fall 1998
• "Game of the Name," Jewish Spectator, Summer 1992
• "Gentle Heart," Crosscurrents, Fall 1998
• "Gifts," An Intricate Weave, 1997
• "Girl and Marble Boy," Atlantic Unbound, December 1999
• "Girl in Blue with Brown Bag," West Branch, Fall/Winter 2005
• "Going To The Barn," Gopherwood, Summer 1992
• "Golden Swan," Alaska Quarterly Review, Fall & Winter 2007
• "Good Life," Ascent, 2004
• "Granski," Antioch, June 2005
• "Guides," Ascent, Fall 2008
• "Handkerchief," Phoebe, Fall 1990
• "Hands Across The Sea," Redstart, June 1988
• "Hanging Fire," Massachusetts Review, Spring 1987
• "Hat Trick," Cincinnati Review, Fall 2007
• "Headwaiter’s Son"
• "Hearts And Flowers," Cincinnati Review
• "Her Day," Response, Winter 1990
• "Her Cousin Jamie," Salamander, Vol 12 #1 2006/7
• "Her Own Kind," Seventeen, May 1970
• "Home Schooling," Alaska Quarterly, Fall 1998
• "Honeymoon," Crosscurrents, Winter 1991
• "How To Fall," Idaho Review, 2003
• "I Follow My Wife," Massachusetts Review, Spring 1993
• "I Remember You," Crosscurrents, Winter 1991
• "If Love Were All," turnrow, Summer 2002
• "It Is I," Verb Sap
• "Imre’s Fate," Sweet Anne Review, 1998
• "Inbound," Boston Globe Magazine, November 1995
• "Jan Term," Idaho Review, 2009
• "Jigsaw Table," Yankee, July-August 2000
• "June The Twentieth," Oak Square, Winter 1990
• "King of Sweden," Alaska Quarterly, Fall 1988
• "Large Lady," Crosscurrents, Fall 1987
• "Ledivan’s Quest," Ascent, Summer 1991
• "Left Handed Girl," Thema, Spring 1991
• "Legacy," Ascent, Fall 1984
• "Life Jackets," Crab Orchard Review, Summer/Fall 2006
• "Lineage," Idaho Review, 2006
• "Liniments Of Love," Seventeen, September 1969
• "Little Wife," Ontario Review, 2008
• "Lives Of The Aunts," Iowa Review, Winter 1991
• "Lou In New York," Crosscurrents, Spring 1985
• "Love Among The Greats," Ascent, Winter 2001
• "Madame Guralnik," Midstream, Feb/March 2004
• "Madeleines," Kalliope, Spring 1982
• "Marlene Tighe Winokaur," Kalliope, Summer 1993
• "Mates," Pleiades, 2000
• "Menage," Carleton Miscellany, Winter 1975
• "Message," An Inn In Kyoto, Fall 1998
• "Mid-Day Fairy," Fiddlehead, Fall 1990
• "Mimi," Mid-American Review, 2005
• "Ministry of Restraint," Ecotone, 2008
• "Moving Day," Villager, Winter 1991
• "Nate, Dead and Alive," Emrys Journal, Summer 1992
• "National Characters," Story Quarterly, Spring 1984
• "Neighbors," Ascent, Fall 2001
• "New Women," anthology, Fall 1998
• "New Year’s Eve At The Litvans’," Ascent, Winter 1977
• "Night People," Northeast Magazine, Fall 2003
• "Non-Combatant," Alaska Quarterly, Spring 1992
• "One Not Chosen," Event, Spring 1992
• "On Junius Bridge," Agni, No. 61 2005
• "On Our Own," On The Page, Oct 2002
• "Quality Time," Mothering, Spring 1994
• "Poste Restante," Kalliope, Fall 1997
• "Prodigal Niece," Antioch Review, Summer 2004
• "Protector," Ascent, Summer 1988
• "Puck, Ascent," Winter 2007
• "Purim Night," Witness, Summer 2004
• "Rehearsals," Ascent, Spring 1993
• "Relic and Type," Pakn Tregr, Spring 2007
• "Rescue, Bananafish," Fall/Winter 1999
• "Ring Out The New," Seventeen, December 1969
• "Rules," Witness, Winter 1995
• "Self-Reliance," Lake Effect, Spring 2005
• "Settlers," Commentary, January 1986
• "Shenanigans," Ascent , Winter 2003
• "Shrug, Witness," 1999
• "Signs of Life"
• "Silence," Hotel Amerika, Fall 2003
• "Silent Wound," Ascent, Winter 1983
• "Skin Deep," Antioch, Fall 2000
• "Snoop," Lake Effect, Spring 2008
• "Some Turbulence," Sound of Writing, Spring 1992
• "Sonya’s Place"
• "South Market," Pakn Tregr, Summer 2005
• "Speak to Me of Love," Lake Effect, Spring 2006
• "Stranger In The House," Tikkun, February 1993
• "Story," Alaska Quarterly Review, Spring 2002
• "Sunday Suppers," Other Voices, Fall 1987
• "Swampmaiden," Iowa Review, Winter 1989
• "Swans," Santa Barbara Review, Summer 1995
• "Sweet Counsel," Gopherwood Review, Winter 1991
• "Sydney," Ascent, Winter 1978
• "Sympathizer," Massachusetts Review, Spring 1995
• "Tale," Cincinnati Review, Summer 2009
• "Tess’s Team"
• "Their Dan," Massachusetts Review, Winter 1990
• "Their Pride and Joy," Redbook, May 1988
• "Thought of You," Other Voices, Spring 1994
• "Timing," Magic Realism, 1996
• "To Reach This Season," Alaska Quarterly, Fall 1994
• "Tongues," New England Review, Winter 1989
• "Toyfolk," Ascent, Winter 1999
• "Transparent House," writerscorner.com
• "Trifle," West Branch, Spring 2002
• "Unravished Bride," Pleiades, 2001
• "Up, Kalliope," 2002
• "Vaquita"
• "Vegetarian Chili," Happy, Fall 1995
• "Watching Isabel," Event, Winter 1995
• "Which Eleanor Am I?," Seventeen, May 1969
• "Wizard With A Magic Wand," Redbook, August 1972
• "Worldviews," Emrys Journal, Spring 1994

Short Story Collections

Anthologies