website includes interviews, a fledgling podcast series, called Contributors in Conversation, a monthly recommendation of books from the authors and staff of The Common, called Friday Reads, Dispatches, short missives written by contributors evoking a particular sense of place, and other features not published in the print editions. Critical Responses and Awards In 2014, the magazine's first year of eligibility, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded The Common an Art Works Grant. Other authors and writers, whose works have not been included in The Common, have praised the magazine and some of the stories it has published. The Best American Series, whose editors have included Dave Eggers, Denise Duhamel, Cheryl Strayed, Elizabeth Strout, and Mark Doty, has named particular The Common issues and stories as belonging to their top lists of prose, poetry, and essays between the years 2012-2014. The 26th Annual New York Book Show recognized The Common Issues 01 and 02, earning the magazine a second place literary magazine design award. Other contributors to The Common have had their work featured by Longform, Literary Hub, and Utne Reader. Others have won prizes from PEN America, New England Poetry Club, Craft Literary, O. Henry Award 2017, and the Pushcart Prize. The journal's editorial vision and design has also been praised in The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, Slate, The Millions, Orion Magazine, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. The magazine has won the CLMP Firecracker Award 2016. In 2019, The Common received the Literary Magazine Prize from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation. References External links 2010 establishments in Massachusetts Amherst College Literary magazines published in the United States Biannual magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 2010 Magazines published in Massachusetts