Prizes

We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, the highest literary honor we can.

The nominations for 2024 are:

Poetry
“Cough” by Priscilla Atkins

Cough


“Chanting Kaddish for my Estranged Father” by Elya Braden

Chanting Kaddish for My Estranged Father


“Museum of Light” by Maureen Clark

Museum of Light


(forthcoming in our December 2024 issue)
“I Have My Mother’s Thighs, and Other Things” by Susanna Stephens

I Have My Mother’s Thighs, and Other Things


(forthcoming in our December 2024 issue)
“tongue and cheek” by Isabel Fleck

tongue and cheek


(forthcoming in our December 2024 issue)

Prose
“My Daughter, the Volcano” by Edidiong Uzoma Essien

My Daughter, the Volcano

The nominations for 2023 are:

Poetry:
“For Robert O’Donnell” by Megan Mary Moore

For Robert O’Donnell


“Collect for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist” by C. Henry Smith

Collect for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist


“The Worried Women Odes” by Melissa McEver Huckabay

The Worried Woman Odes


“You Have Cancer” by Stacy R. Nigliazzo

You Have Cancer

Prose
“East Dallas, Texas” by Alejandra Pena

East Dallas, Texas


“What We Lost Along the Way” by Scott Pomfret

What We Lost Along the Way

The nominations for 2022 are:

Poetry:
“Lost” by Nina Clements

Lost


“Pomegranate” by Anna Gayle

pomegranate


“Tooth Fairy” by Catherine Arra

Tooth Fairy


“Halfbreed Helene Goes to the Beach” by Sarah A. Chavez

Halfbreed Helene Goes to the Beach

Prose:
“Bunnies” by Gina Twardosz

Bunnies


“Waves” by Rachel Lloyd

Waves