A Tribute to Mothers (Lee & Low Books, 2001) Fantasmas: Supernatural Stories by Mexican American Writers (Bilingual Press, 2000) Nemeton: A Fables Anthology (Silver Lake Publishing, 2000) Anthologies (editor) Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature (Bilingual Press, 2008) The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles (Tia Chucha Press, 2016), co-editor Awards and honors Honorable Mention, Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book, for Things We Do Not Talk About (San Diego State University Press, 2014), International Latino Book Awards (2015). Pushcart Prize nomination by Codex Journal for "Pluck" (2013). First place, Romantic Comedy, The Book of Want: A Novel (University of Arizona Press, 2011), Latino Books into Movies contest sponsored by Latino Literacy Now and the Latino Book & Family Festival, awarded at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (April 21, 2012). Silver Medal, Multicultural Adult Fiction, The Book of Want: A Novel (University of Arizona Press, 2011), 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Semifinalist, The Book of Want: A Novel (University of Arizona Press, 2011), 2012 Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award. Finalist, Best Popular Fiction – English, for The Book of Want: A Novel (University of Arizona Press, 2011), International Latino Book Awards (2012). Pushcart Prize nomination by University of Arizona Press for "How to Date a Flying Mexican" from the novel, The Book of Want (2011). Pushcart Prize nomination by Tertulia Magazine for "El Cucuy" (2009). Named one of the Top Ten Latino Authors to Watch for 2007 by LatinoStories. Co-Winner, First Place (Prose Category), “A Picture Worth 500 Words Contest” for short story, "Painting," sponsored by the literary journal, Tattoo Highway (2003). Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (St. Martin’s Press, 2003), for short story "Tezcatlipoca’s Glory." Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (St. Martin’s Press, 2002), for short story "Devil Talk." Finalist, Willa Cather Fiction Contest sponsored by Helicon Nine Editions (2000), for Assumption and Other Stories (subsequently published by Bilingual Press, 2003). Honorable Mention, Eternity Best of the Web Awards (2000), for short story "The Horned Toad." References Sources Daniel Olivas Reads an Excerpt from How to Date a Flying Mexican: https://lithub.com/daniel-a-olivas-reads-an-excerpt-from-how-to-date-a-flying-mexican/ 2020/2021 EVOLVING PLAYWRIGHTS GROUP: https://www.circlextheatre.org/evolving Roanoke Review: http://www.roanokereview.org/interviews-backpage/daniel-olivas Playwrights' Arena Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5gBs4p3LE/?igshid=4einnbw5ahji Screenplay of The Courtship of María Rivera Peña: https://ojalart.com/olivas-screenplay/ Los Angeles Review of Books: https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/dystopia-absurdity-chicano-writer-age-trump/ The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/30/american-dirt-book-controversy-latinx-writers-angry The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/children-separated-from-parents-border-immigrant-dystopia.html The Rumpus interviews