awards
2022 »
Notable, Best American Essays 2022, “Returning to the Earth“
Finalist, december magazine‘s Curt Johnson Prose Award
2021 »
“My Time” Fellowship for Parents from the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
2020 »
Finalist, Remember in November Contest in Creative Nonfiction, Hippocampus Magazine – I’ll Be Seeing You: A Black Woman Travels in 2017
Writer-in-Residence, Juniper Editing & Creative
Writer-in-Residence, The New Southern Fugitives Web Residency in Fiction
2019 »
1st Place, Boston Accent Lit’s ‘Wicked Short’ Nonfiction Contest — “In the Drink“
2018 »
Honoree, Hellebore Scholarship Award in Creative Nonfiction — Bitter Grief
nominations
Best Small Fictions »
“What Remains“
Best American Essays »
“A Black Mama’s Breathwork, or, the First Time I Had ‘The Talk’ with My Daughter“
Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses » “What Remains“
“Just Like the Tales Mama Told Me”
“Fixed“
“Lessons“
Best of the Net »
“Bitter Grief“
Best Microfiction »
“Sweets”
mentions
Featured in the Aug. 22, 2022 Memoir Monday newsletter, “Transfiguration,” Hobart Pulp
1455’s 4th Annual Literary Festival, panel on “Literary vs. Freelance: The how’s and why’s of publishing nonfiction”, watch on YouTube
Featured in the May 23, 2022 Memoir Monday newsletter, “Just Bare Your Belly,” Mutha Magazine
Rediscovering Home: A Conversation with DW McKinney – Shenandoah Literary
The 10 Most Popular Narratively Stories of 2019 — My Secret Life as a Mysterious Multimillionaire’s Personal Assistant
Essay recommended by The Unglossed Podcast in episode: “Balance”, September 25, 2019
DW McKinney 