Last year, the good folks at San Diego Writers, Ink. published its annual anthology,
A Year in Ink, Vol. 4. I had submitted a piece and was delighted that it was accepted.

I just found out that a couple weeks ago, the
San Diego Book Awards Association nominated
Year in Ink for a 2012 award:
Published Anthology/Short Story Collection.
If
I seem ridiculously pleased, it's because one of my short stories is in
an award-nominated anthology - and the award is being given by a
serious literary association.
You can bet me a buck that's going in my new submission cover letters. Hopefully I'll have to change that to "award-winning."