Awards
THE UNLEASH CREATIVES FICTION AWARD 2024
“An Artist’s Legacy is a sublime work of historical fiction anchored in the complex cultural conflicts of the First Indochina War and its climactic confrontation at Dien Bien Phu. Through rich character development, detailed cultural perspective, and expert military exposition, Khanh Ha offers a fresh and detailed perspective on a conflict, and the players who shaped and were shaped by it, that irreparably turned the course and path of 20th Century geopolitics.”─Award Citation
THE RED HEN PRESS FICTION AWARD 2022
“Centering on a Vietnamese intelligence officer’s years-long ordeal in communist reformation camps, The Afterlife of a Threadbare Jester offers a heartrending and an illuminating look at the Vietnam War and its aftermath. War, literature, religion, politics, loyalty—they are all expertly interrogated through the protagonist’s compelling voice and the memorable cast of characters he encounters. Despite the struggle and suffering, the story never veers into the sentimental or cynical. Instead it returns, again and again, to the complexities of the human heart and its will to endure. A moving, unforgettable, and enlightening must-read.”—Award Citation
THE GIVAL PRESS NOVEL AWARD 2022
“Her: The Flame Tree is a beautiful novel, rich with evocations of natural setting in coastal Vietnam; remembered action going back more than a hundred years; and characters both extraordinary and poignantly ordinary, developed by layer upon layer of stories.”—Award Citation
THE INAUGURAL EASTOVER PRIZE FOR FICTION
“. . . memorable start to finish and full of elegant and beautifully rendered stories. . . . perfectly crafted sentences which, over the course of each story, create a tonal affect not unlike listening to a prized album for the first time.”—EastOver Press
THE JAMES KNUDSEN PRIZE FOR FICTION
“. . . Astonishing facility with the language. . . . This was so expertly done. One of those stories that evokes both admiration and a little envy.”—Award Citation
THE SAND HILLS PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION
ROBERT WATSON LITERARY PRIZE IN FICTION
“The vote was unanimous: We want this exceptional story in The Greensboro Review.”— James Clark, Editor Emeritus
THE ORISON ANTHOLOGY AWARD FOR FICTION
C & R PRESS FICTION PRIZE
“A decided favorite among readers and the unanimous choice. We could go on but A Mother’s Tale is poignant, illustrates a tremendous understanding of voice, and, while casting a sharp eye on the tragedy of war, is hauntingly beautiful in many ways.”—C & R Editorial Board
FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIES SILVER WINNER AND BRONZE WINNER
FINALIST: The Ohio State University Fiction Collection Prize, The Mary McCarthy Prize, Many Voices Project, Prairie Schooner Book Prize, The University of New Orleans Press Lab Prize, The William Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Award, The Santa Fe Writer Projects
Pushcat Nominee
Ask the Sea (Pangyrus Literary Magazine)
Destination Unknown (Cutleaf Journal)
Two Shores (Roundabout Press)
A Silent Lullaby (Red Savina Review)
The Blue-Ghost Fireflies (Red Savina Review)
Run River Run (Yellow Medicine Review)
Diary of a Mute Girl (Solstice Journal)
The Drifter's Final Destination (Provo Canyon Review)
The Yin-Yang Market (Lunch Ticket)
The Orphan Child (Roundabout Press)
Best Indie Nominee
The Quest (Printer's Devil Review)