 "Articles of War" was listed by "Esquire" magazine as one of the best books of the year and was awarded the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association, and the Colorado Book Award.He is also the recipient of a Michener Fellowship and an Isherwood Foundation Grant.In 2008, Arvin was awarded a Literature Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts.