Many of Huffstickler's books were published by presses based in Austin, Texas. Huffstickler's career began to grow when he won the first of two Austin Book Awards in 1989 for "Walking Wounded", published by Backyard Press. The second Austin Book Award was for "Working on My Death Chant", published in 1991."The Wander Years" was published in 1998 by SRLR Press. Fisher and Spiegel also published a chapbook, "Soul Gallery". "Why I Write In Coffee Houses and Diners", a collection of selected poems, was published in 2000 by iUniverse.