“Happy Endings,” first published in New Ohio Review, has been selected for THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2015, edited by T.C. Boyle, which Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish in October.

“The Seals” published as “Everyone Was Invited” on The New York Times op-ed page has been selected for THE O. HENRY PRIZE STORIES 2015. The collection will be published in September.

International Association of Culinary Professionals has awarded IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT LOAF: A HOME BAKER’S ODYSSEY the 2015 Berte Green Award for Literary Food Writing. The Bert Greene Awards were first presented in 1991 to honor excellence in food journalism.

LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB: PARIS, 1932 is named a finalist in the Lesbian Fiction category for the 27^th Annual LAMBDA Literary Awards. The winners will be announced on June 1, 2015.

The adaptation of Stephen McCauley’s THE EASY WAY OUT (“L’Art de la Fugue”) was released in France. Directed by Brice Cauvin, the film was #1 at the box office on its premier weekend.

The 5 Under 35 program, now in its ninth year, honors five young fiction writers selected by past National Book Award Winners and Finalists. Her first book, the story collection NIGHT AT THE FIESTAS comes out from Norton in March 2015.

The Stiftung Buchkunst (Book Art Foundation) chose INSECTOPEDIA, published by Matthes & Seitz in Germany, as one of the 50 “most beautiful books of the year.”  Established in Frankfurt in 1965, the competition recognizes outstanding contributions to the design and production of books.

Ben Marcus has been named to the shortlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award for LEAVING THE SEA.  The winner will be announced in early July.

The MacArthur Foundation has just named its 2013 class of MacArthur Fellows. Karen Russell is among twenty-four others to receive this prestigious grant, which the Foundation says is awarded to an “extraordinary group of individuals who collectively reflect the breadth and depth of American creativity.”

Ben Marcus has been awarded the Berlin Prize Fellowship, a residency fellowship sponsored by The American Academy in Berlin.  His stint will begin in Fall 2013.