2024 Pushcart Prize Nominations

Hello again readers and submitters!

Elena here, back with another exciting update. It’s that time of year to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees! We are excited to be nominating for our second year and would like to send our warm congratulations to Carol E. Anderson, Allister Nelson, Subarna Mohanty, Reyzl Grace, E. N. Díaz, and Shaun Anthony McMichael!

Not only did they create stellar pieces of writing, we were impressed with the range of topics and styles: from queer love to dangerous demons, youth mentorship to cats in mosques, speculative poetry to creative non-fiction to flash fiction. The six pieces we nominated this year are vivid in imagery and raw with emotion. 

We hope you will enjoy these as much as we did. Take a read below and share widely : )

2024 Pushcart Prize Nominees

FictionTop Posts

December Rain by Subarna Mohanty

“Your gaze was fixed on something in the front, not on any person or any seat or fixture in the …

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PoetryTop Posts

Sharh on Sunan an-Nasa’i 736 by Reyzl Grace

“When you ask me to sleep on the couch, / you wince. You know I know / you’ve banished others” …

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FictionTop Posts

Ashmedai and the Hairdresser by Allister Nelson

“Today was the day – the day I’d make three year’s salary in a single evening. The day I met …

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PoetryTop Posts

Parteada por el Fuego / Twice Born by E. N. Díaz

“The smell of trash dripping days in the sun / stains the air with its yellow gunk.” – excerpt from …

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PoetryTop Posts

Heavy by Shaun Anthony McMichael

“You carried it kinda heavy though, old Johnny / confided on my last day of a 3 year gig” – …

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Non-FictionTop Posts

Rubies by Carol E. Anderson

“I longed to brush my lips next to yours– to taste the tang of rubies on your tongue.” excerpt from …

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Best of luck to our nominated authors! We are cheering you on ✨