Celebrating Our Contributors

with a huge congratulations, and a holiday deal!

Congratulations to Laura Glen Louis for her essay “Man Crossing an Ice Field” from Volume 65, issue 2 (Summer 2024), which has been chosen for inclusion in The Best American Essays 2025!

And, to last year’s contributors who were recognized for their “Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2024” by The Best American Essays series:

Korey Hurni, “My Brother’s Keeper,” Volume 65, issue 1 (Spring 2024)

Marguerite Sheffer, “Wire Nanosecond,” Volume 65, issue 3 (Fall 2024)

Susan Muaddi Darraj, “Taken From You, This Joy,” Volume 65, issue 4 (Winter 2024)

To celebrate these authors in time for the holidays, we’re offering a deal on Volumes 65 and 66: if you purchase one issue from Volume 65 or 66 (2024 and 2025), we’ll send you an extra issue of your choice:

…and type in the BACK ISSUE text box which two issues from Volumes 65 and 66 you’d like!