Awards
honors and acclaim given Melissa Pritchard

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Hawthornden Fellowship, Hawthornden Castle, The International Retreat for Writers, 2008

Semi-Finalist, Katherine Anne Porter Prize, Nimrod Magazine, for “Pelagia, Holy Fool” (2008).

Honoree, Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, California, as an example of "a Sacred Heart graduate living the values of Mater and making a conscious choice to help others who are less fortunate" October 20, 2007

Selection, AcademicKeys Who's Who in Humanities Higher Education (WWHHE).

Nomination, PEN Center USA Literary Award 2005
for Late Bloomer

Citation, Best Books of 2004 list, Chicago Tribune
for Late Bloomer

Nomination, Pushcart Prize XXIX 2004
for "Late Bloomer" from Late Bloomer

Nomination, Pushcart Prize XXIX 2004
for "Fiona" from Late Bloomer

Citation, Southwest Books of the Year 2004, Tucson-Pima Public Library 2004
for Late Bloomer

Pushcart Prize XXVIII 2003
for Disappearing Ingenue: The Misadventures of Eleanor Stoddard

Annual Summer Reading List Selection by Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio June 2002
for Disappearing Ingenue: The Misadventures of Eleanor Stoddard

Distinguished Story Citation, Best American Short Stories 2001, Barbara Kingsolver, ed. 2001
for "Funktionslust"

Nomination, Pushcart Prize XXVI 2001
for "The Widow's Poet"

O'Henry Award, for "Salve Regina," printed in Prize Stories 2000: The O.Henry Awards, editor Larry Dark.

Nomination, Pushcart Prize XXV 2000
for "Hi Fidelity"

Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection 1999
for Selene of the Spirits: A Novel

Distinguished Story of 1999, Best American Short Stories, Amy Tan, ed.
for "Port de Bras."

Distinguished Story Citation, Pushcart Prize XXIV, Larry Henderson, ed. 1999
for "Port de Bras"

O. Henry Short List, The Best of O. Henry Prize Stories, Sherman Alexie, Lorrie Moore, Stephen King, eds. 1999
for "Port de Bras"

Nomination, Pushcart Prize XXIV 1999
for "Her Last Man"

Howard Foundation Fellowship, Brown University 1998-1999

Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize 1996
for The Instinct for Bliss
         University of Rochester Press Release

"Writer in-Residence," The Writer's Voice YMCA Fellowship, Scottsdale/Paradise Valley YMCA 1996

PEN/West Award Finalist 1996
for The Instinct for Bliss

Nomination, Pushcart Prize XXI 1996
for "The Erotic Life of Luther Burbank"

Distinguished Story Citation, Best American Short Stories 1996
for "The Instinct for Bliss"

The Pushcart Prize XXI 1996
"The Instinct for Bliss"

Claudia Ortese Memorial Lecture Prize in North American Literature, University of Florence, Italy 1995

Nomination, Pushcart Prize XVIII 1994
for "On Faith Alone," "The Good and Faithful Widow," and "Revelations of Child Love"

Outstanding Writer Citation, Pushcart Prize XVI 1992
for "El Ojito del Muerto"

Other Notable Western Stories of 1991 Citation, The Best of the West 5
for "El Ojito del Muerto"

Distinguished Story Citation, Best American Short Stories 1990
for "Sweet Feed"

Distinguished Story Citation, Best American Short Stories 1989
for "A Dance with Alison"

Carl Sandburg Literary Award 1988
for Spirit Seizures

Finalist, D.H. Lawrence Fellowship 1988

Second Place, Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award 1988

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction 1987
for Spirit Seizures

Illinois Arts Council Award, Fiction 1988, 1983, 1981, 1980

The O'Henry Prize Stories 1984
for "A Private Landscape"

Outstanding Writer Citation, Pushcart Prize VIII 1983
for "Companions"

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1982

James D. Phelan Award, San Francisco Foundation

Honorable Mention, Leslie Hunt Memorial Poetry Award 1977

Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets 1976