The Externalist nominates for:

1. Best of the Net
2. Best of the Web
3. Micro Fiction Award

In addition, The Externalist will be nominating for The Pushcart Prize beginning in 2009.

The following work published in The Externalist has received:

1. 2007 Best of the Net: Bill Teitelbaum's short story "Closure" from Issue 2
2. 2008 Best of the Net: Deborah DeNicola's poem "The Bacchnalia of Trash" from Issue 5

Best of the Net 2009 Nominations include:

• Esther Greenleaf Mürer - "Entitlement"
• Ed Bennett - "Gitmo Tune"
• Yvette Wiley - "Teardrop Trailer"
• George Moore - "Common Concerns"
• Annie Bien - "Native Tongue"
• Matthew Byrne - "Why I Invested My Dwindling Savings in Halliburton"
• Shaul Hendel - "He Asked Water, She Gave Him Milk: An Apocalypse"
• Tai Dong Huai - "The Island"