3 star site Kudzu has been selected by The McKinley Group's professional editorial team as a "3-Star" site. This rating is a special mark of achievement in Magellan, McKinley's comprehensive Internet directory of over 1.5 million sites and 40,000 reviews. "As a Magellan 3-Star site, you are being awarded a special logo to recognize the hard work that has gone into establishing and maintaining your site." Thanks to the folks at McKinley for choosing Kudzu.
  eScene 96 Gerald Thurmond's short story "Eating Buzzards" from Kudzu 95/3 was chosen as one of the best short stories of 1995 by the editors of eScene for inclusion in eScene 96. Also included in the collection is former Kudzu staff member James Katowich for his story "A Brief Stay" which appeared in (the now defunct) Blue Penny Quarterly. Congratulations to Gerald, James, and all of the other winners.
  GNN Best of the Net award Kudzu was chosen as one of GNN's "Best of the Net" sites in the their Whole Internet Catalog. From GNN's Whole Internet Catalog Best of the Net: Kudzu is a literary cornucopia featuring the best in short fiction, poetry, there's even some odd miscellany, and a taste of lit crit fare. I mean, you just have to appreciate essays like "   'Fuzz: The Romance and Post-Modernity of the Electric Guitar.' "