Nominated for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: American Cookery

BookSense ‘76 Choice, Educating Waverley

American Library Association Notable Book of the Year, Delinquent Virgin

BookSense ’76 Choice, Delinquent Virgin

A Best Book of the Year, Library Journal, Delinquent Virgin

The Best of The Iowa Review: 25 Years, “The Battle of Manila,” Dark Continent

Book of the Year,   London Observer, Graced Land

Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, Graced Land

Pushcart Prize “The Battle of Manila,” Dark Continent

The Iowa Review, Subscribers’ Award, “Battle of Manila,” Dark Continent

Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, Dark Continent

Anahid Literary Award from the Armenian Center, Columbia University, (First such award for an American writer of Armenian descent)

PEN, West, Best Short Fiction, Fair Augusto

Ms. Magazine, Top Reading Choices, Fair Augusto