Each issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned. There have been
hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a
magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and
an issue that looked like a sweaty human head. McSweeney's has won
multiple literary awards, including two National Magazine Awards for
fiction, and has had numerous stories appear in The Best American
Magazine Writing, the O. Henry Awards anthologies, and The Best American
Short Stories. Design awards given to the quarterly include the AIGA 50
Books Award, the AIGA 365 Illustration Award, and the Print Design
Regional Award.