In 1980, she was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1989, Governor Mario Cuomo made her the first official New York State Writer.
•
She also worked with the American Friends Service Committee to establish neighborhood peace groups, through which she met her second husband Robert Nichols.
Among the other notable writers whose stories were among the "100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2002" were Andrea Barrett, Rick Bass, Robert Coover, Donald Hall, Joyce Carol Oates, Grace Paley, John Updike and John Edgar Wideman.
Grace Jones | Amazing Grace | Grace Kelly | Will & Grace | Three Days Grace | Grace Under Fire (TV series) | Grace Under Fire | Havre de Grace, Maryland | Grace Moore | Grace | W. G. Grace | Pilgrimage of Grace | William Paley | Nancy Grace | William S. Paley | Topher Grace | Havre de Grace | Grace Slick | W. R. Grace and Company | Grace Hopper | Grace Helbig | Grace Episcopal Church | Grace Church | Grace Cathedral, San Francisco | Grace Wong | Grace Paley | Grace Huang | grace | Chloë Grace Moretz | William Russell Grace |
Well-known American writers who participated in A.W.A.V.W. functions included Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, Grace Paley, Douglas Kent Hall, and Robert Lowell.
Among the notable poets who have written favorably of Gioseffi’s work and writings are Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, D. Nurkse, Bob Holman, Milton Kessler, Philip Appleman, and Grace Paley.
The magazine has featured fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays by such internationally renowned writers as Margaret Atwood, William Trowbridge, Stephen Dixon, Philip Heldrich, Grace Paley, Lorrie Moore, Mark Doty, and Tobias Wolff.