Congratulations to our 2018 Pushcart Prize nominees! They are as follows:

Kim Hagerich – “Semiboneless” (prose, January/February 2018)
Philip Memmer – “The God of Sky” (poetry, May/June 2018)
Tyler Munro – “Big Bo Goes Boom” (prose, March/April 2018)
Robert James Russell – “Anthropocene Moves” (prose, March/April 2018)
Marvin Shackelford – “Gorgon” (poetry, January/February 2018)
Amie Zimmerman – “midnight vigil for the slick” (poetry, July/August 2018)

Naturally, we think they all should be included in the anthology, and we hope you’ll (re)read these stories and poems.

A hearty congratulations to our nominees for the 2017 Pushcart Prize. Find them below:

Jasmine V. Bailey – “Texas Journal” (poetry, Apr. ’17)
Aaron Brame – “Self-Portrait as Labyrinth” (poetry, Jan. ’17)
Will Donnelly – “The Urn” (prose, Sept./Oct. ’17)
Stephanie Reents – “Naked Selfie” (prose, Feb. ’17)
Jason Thayer – “Your Curse” (prose, Jan. ’17)
Chrys Tobey – “Because We Were Neanderthals” (poetry, May/Jun. ’17)

We hope you’ll revisit these poems and stories, and we wish the authors luck during the selection process.

We’d like to congratulate our nominees for the 2016 Pushcart Prize. They are as follows:

Micaela Bombard – “Cardinal” (poetry, Sept. ’16)
Jeremy Packert Burke – “The Labyrinth” (prose, May ’16)
Sarah Freligh – “A Civil War” (poetry, Oct. ’16)
W. Todd Kaneko – “Self Portrait as Flash Gordon [Playground Terror Variant]” (poetry, Aug. ’16)
John Searcy – “The Sorrows of Death-Klaw” (prose, Aug. ’16)
Chelsea Laine Wells – “The Creation of Suffering” (prose, Jun. ’16)

Good luck to them during the selection.

We’re glad to nominate the following pieces for the 2015 Pushcart Prize:

John Paul Davis – “Passwords” (poetry, Aug. ’15)
Crystal N. Galyean – “Flight” (prose, July ’15)
Drew Knapp – “The Favissa at Citrus County” (prose, Aug. ’15)
Jeremy John Parker – “Punchline Number Nine” (prose, Feb. ’15)
Julie Rouse – “Homunculus” (poetry, May ’15)
Andrea Vaughan – “The Night I Accepted an Award for Academic Excellence” (poetry, July ’15)

Congratulations to the authors, and may they fare well in the selection process.