- “Sierra Autumnal Equinox” from Four Corners of the Year. Black Earth Institute, Planetary Stories, October 2009 (Poetry) www.blackearthinstitute.org/ (no longer posted)
- “Reunion 2009.” in Reader’s Stories. Helmet Hair Magazine, January 2010 (Nonfiction)
- “Grocery Store Heaven.” Southern Women’s Review. vol. 2, issue 2, January 2010, p. 56. (Fiction) http://swr.themodernbrandonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Volume2.pdf
- “Water.” Long Story Short. February 2010. (Nonfiction) lssarchives.homestead.com/water.html
- “Head to Toe.” Southern Women’s Review, vol. 3, issue 3, July 2010. p. 39 (Fiction) swr.themodernbrandonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Volume3.pdf
- “The Ox and the Ant.” Finalist in the Rick De Marinis Short Fiction Contest (Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts, 2012. (Fiction) http://www.cutthroatmag.com/
- “White Horse.” Delta Women Magazine. February 2013. p. 6 (Fiction) https://books.apple.com/us/book/deltawomen-magazine-february-2013-issue-beginning/id600986365
- “Four Corners of the Year.” Pisgah Review. Brevard College, Spring 2018. (NonFiction) http://www.pisgahreview.com/home.html
- "Anxiety, Grief and Other Invisible Illnesses in YA Fiction." Southern Review of Books. February 2020 https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2020/02/20/edge-of-anything-nora-shalaway-carpenter-review/
- Noble, Don. Interview by N.H. Williard. "‘Alabama Noir’ Celebrates the Cotton State’s Literary History." April 15 2020. https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2020/04/15/alabama-noir-don-noble-interview/
- Clapsaddle, Annette Saunooke. Interview by Nancy H Williard. "Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle on 'Even as We Breathe' and Socially Engaged Historical Fiction." December 2 2020. https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2020/12/02/even-as-we-breathe-annette-saunooke-clapsaddle-interview/
- “Wherever You Go.” North Carolina Literary Review. East Carolina University. 2021. (78) https://issuu.com/eastcarolina/docs/2021-nclr-online-final/78
- "Alien." Potato Soup Journal. October 22, 2021. http://potatosoupjournal.com/alien-by-nancy-h-williard/
- "The Old Bear." Avalon Literary Review. Winter 2022. http://www.avalonliteraryreview.com/index.html
- "The Angel Baby." AvantAppl[achia], Is(sue) 12, December 2022. https://www.avantappalachia.com/
- “When the Water Came.” Troublesome Rising Digital Anthology. 2024. https://hindman.org/fireside/titles/troublesome-rising/troublesome-rising-digital-anthology/when-the-water-came-nancy-williard/
“Child of Crisis.” Persimmon Tree. Winter 2026. https://persimmontree.org/winter-2026/child-of-crisis/