We’re thrilled to share our nominations for this year’s Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fictions. As this strange and difficult year comes to a close, it was a treat to spend time with the work within our pages. Best of luck to each of our nominees!
For the Pushcart Prize, we’ve nominated:
- Oliver Baez Bendorf, “Impervious” (poem, Issue 17.1)
- Pam Durban, “The Very Great Abyss” (fiction, Issue 17.2)
- Bernard Ferguson, “you’re welcome” (poem, Issue 17.1)
- Eleanor Garran, “Dolls” (literary nonfiction, Issue 17.2)
- Michael Kardos, “Reality TV” (fiction, Issue 17.2)
- David Lazar, “My Two Oscars: On Melancholy and Wit” (literary nonfiction, Issue 17.1)
Our Best Microfiction nominations, all from our miCRo series:
- Mary Ardery, “Assistant Guide“
- Leonora Desar, “Some Meaning—”
- Anu Kandikuppa, “Housewives”
- Carl Lavigne, “The Walking River”
- Elsa Nekola, “Hemiboreal”
- Jeneé Skinner, “River Body, River Woman”
Our Best Small Fictions nominations:
- Frances An, “White People Parenting” (fiction, miCRo)
- Kevin Dublin, “Be Smooth” (prose poem, Issue 17.1)
- Jin Su Joo, “Have You Eaten Rice” (flash essay, miCRo)
- Jenna Le, “Capgras/Seagrass” (prose poem, Issue 17.1)
- Emily Weber, “There Aren’t Many Predators in the Aquarium” (fiction, miCRo)
Lastly, a special congratulations to Kimberly Johnson, whose poem “Fifteen” from Issue 15.2 was selected for the Best American Poetry 2020!
