“The End of the Tunnel” received a Pushcart Prize for Memoir, 2000.
Scholarly Book Services named Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge a Best Bet for Fall/Winter 2011.
Nancy received a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist’s Fellowship, 2007.
“Threads” was listed as a Notable Work of 2011 in Best American Nonrequired Reading
The following were listed in Best American Essays:
- “Threads,” a Notable Essay of 2011
- “Still Dancing,” a Notable Essay of 2009
- “Running Away from Home,” a Notable Essay of 2008
- “The End of the Tunnel,” a Notable Essay of 1999
- “Hanging On,” a Notable Essay of 1998
Prairie Schooner
- “In Another Tongue” received the Jane Geske Award, 2003.
- “End of the Tunnel” received a Reader’s Choice Award, 2000.
McCabe’s fiction
- received an honorable mention Dana Award for the Novel, 1997.
- was a semi-finalist for:
–James Jones Novel-in-Progress Contest, 1997.
–Heekin Group Foundation Novel-in-Progress Fellowships, 1993.
–Redbook National Fiction Contest, 1988.