Our 2026 Pushcart Nominations… 🥁…
November 5, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Our 2026 Pushcart Nominations… 🥁…
I'm extremely honoured and grateful to have been nominated for two Pushcarts! First of all huge thanks to @lorettec.bsky.social for nominating my prose poem Predators and Prey which appeared in The Mackinaw:
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Pushcart Prize Nominations 2027
Since 1976, the Pushcart Prize has been honouring the best of the small press through their annual anthologies. Literary journals around the world nominate selected poems, stories, or essays. Please.....
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November 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I'm extremely honoured and grateful to have been nominated for two Pushcarts! First of all huge thanks to @lorettec.bsky.social for nominating my prose poem Predators and Prey which appeared in The Mackinaw:
www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw...
www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw...
is this my first pushcart nom?! 🤔
i think this is my first pushcart nom!! 😊
i think this is my first pushcart nom!! 😊
SAGINAW nominated poems from Brenda Hillman, @christinashah.bsky.social, David Perry, Erin Vosters, @hanvanderhart.bsky.social, and @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app for the Pushcart Prize. These poems are all really great.
October 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
is this my first pushcart nom?! 🤔
i think this is my first pushcart nom!! 😊
i think this is my first pushcart nom!! 😊
I wrote some VERY brief thoughts about why I chose these particular stories to submit on the free Patreon. Pushcart hasn't historically been enthusiastic about genre work, and these 6 best encapsulate that ineffable, gorgeous blend of "Literary" and SPEC.
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Adventitious' 2026 Pushcart Prize Nominees | Adventitious
Every year, small press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 stories they published during the year for the Pushcart Prize -- the most pr
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November 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I wrote some VERY brief thoughts about why I chose these particular stories to submit on the free Patreon. Pushcart hasn't historically been enthusiastic about genre work, and these 6 best encapsulate that ineffable, gorgeous blend of "Literary" and SPEC.
www.patreon.com/Adventitious...
www.patreon.com/Adventitious...
You can find links to all six stories here kinopio.club/-foofaraw-20...
[Foofaraw] 2026 Pushcart Nominations – Kinopio
# 2026 Pushcart Nominations, https://cdn.kinopio.club/R1zd2S1SROOsuCQxV8iEw/UJ_66_/foof-word-logo.png, ### William O'Brien, https://foofaraw.press/flanders-george-and-his-pimavanserin, ### Aeryn Rudel...
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November 5, 2026 at 12:37 AM
You can find links to all six stories here kinopio.club/-foofaraw-20...
My jaw is on the floor right now. What a day! Thanks so much to @foofarawpress.bsky.social for the Pushcart nom for "The Tongues of Ghosts!! My third one! 🥹🥹🥹
November 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
My jaw is on the floor right now. What a day! Thanks so much to @foofarawpress.bsky.social for the Pushcart nom for "The Tongues of Ghosts!! My third one! 🥹🥹🥹
I'm a Pushcart nominee now and yes, I'm writing that in all my bios <3
Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees:
"The Soundtrack of My Afterlife" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social
"This Is Why Magical Realism and Family Tree School Projects Shouldn't Mix" by @gailguerrero.bsky.social
"What A Name Does Is Let You Leave" by @spocksbrain.bsky.social
Plus...🧵
"The Soundtrack of My Afterlife" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social
"This Is Why Magical Realism and Family Tree School Projects Shouldn't Mix" by @gailguerrero.bsky.social
"What A Name Does Is Let You Leave" by @spocksbrain.bsky.social
Plus...🧵
November 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I'm a Pushcart nominee now and yes, I'm writing that in all my bios <3
Just had a poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Sabre Lake Publishing. Check them out.
November 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Just had a poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Sabre Lake Publishing. Check them out.
After a long week, this joyful news arrived tonight for one of my poems about local history, to be published in the upcoming issue of Touchstone from @poetrysocietynh.bsky.social
Audio edition is upcoming too, so new #PoemsAloud soon 🧡🌾
Audio edition is upcoming too, so new #PoemsAloud soon 🧡🌾
November 7, 2026 at 3:16 AM
After a long week, this joyful news arrived tonight for one of my poems about local history, to be published in the upcoming issue of Touchstone from @poetrysocietynh.bsky.social
Audio edition is upcoming too, so new #PoemsAloud soon 🧡🌾
Audio edition is upcoming too, so new #PoemsAloud soon 🧡🌾
Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees:
"The Soundtrack of My Afterlife" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social
"This Is Why Magical Realism and Family Tree School Projects Shouldn't Mix" by @gailguerrero.bsky.social
"What A Name Does Is Let You Leave" by @spocksbrain.bsky.social
Plus...🧵
"The Soundtrack of My Afterlife" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social
"This Is Why Magical Realism and Family Tree School Projects Shouldn't Mix" by @gailguerrero.bsky.social
"What A Name Does Is Let You Leave" by @spocksbrain.bsky.social
Plus...🧵
November 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees:
"The Soundtrack of My Afterlife" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social
"This Is Why Magical Realism and Family Tree School Projects Shouldn't Mix" by @gailguerrero.bsky.social
"What A Name Does Is Let You Leave" by @spocksbrain.bsky.social
Plus...🧵
"The Soundtrack of My Afterlife" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social
"This Is Why Magical Realism and Family Tree School Projects Shouldn't Mix" by @gailguerrero.bsky.social
"What A Name Does Is Let You Leave" by @spocksbrain.bsky.social
Plus...🧵
Pushcart Prize nominations sent off.
October 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Pushcart Prize nominations sent off.
Delighted to reveal at last @iamb.uk's pick of six nominees for The @PushcartPrize.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Alina Ştefănescu, Zain Rishi, Anna Shelton, David Harsent, Hélène Demetriades and Rebecca Hooper. 🥳
Congratulations to Alina Ştefănescu, Zain Rishi, Anna Shelton, David Harsent, Hélène Demetriades and Rebecca Hooper. 🥳
November 6, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Delighted to reveal at last @iamb.uk's pick of six nominees for The @PushcartPrize.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Alina Ştefănescu, Zain Rishi, Anna Shelton, David Harsent, Hélène Demetriades and Rebecca Hooper. 🥳
Congratulations to Alina Ştefănescu, Zain Rishi, Anna Shelton, David Harsent, Hélène Demetriades and Rebecca Hooper. 🥳
Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees:
"All Of My Tomorrows" by @ldcolter.com
"Saul & Noah's Hot Bouleutophagy Summer" by @elijah.mea.rs
"Puddlejumping" by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social
All are free to read. All are fantastic.
"All Of My Tomorrows" by @ldcolter.com
"Saul & Noah's Hot Bouleutophagy Summer" by @elijah.mea.rs
"Puddlejumping" by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social
All are free to read. All are fantastic.
November 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees:
"All Of My Tomorrows" by @ldcolter.com
"Saul & Noah's Hot Bouleutophagy Summer" by @elijah.mea.rs
"Puddlejumping" by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social
All are free to read. All are fantastic.
"All Of My Tomorrows" by @ldcolter.com
"Saul & Noah's Hot Bouleutophagy Summer" by @elijah.mea.rs
"Puddlejumping" by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social
All are free to read. All are fantastic.
This morning I found out I’ve been nominated for both a Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize for the same poem..
I knew November would be better, but wow. No notes for the first five days.
I knew November would be better, but wow. No notes for the first five days.
November 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
This morning I found out I’ve been nominated for both a Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize for the same poem..
I knew November would be better, but wow. No notes for the first five days.
I knew November would be better, but wow. No notes for the first five days.
Nov. 3, 1926: “Steve Vasilakos, the peanuts and popcorn pushcart man, lately victimized by squirrels, now has hungry pigeons to worry about. Steve has cultivated their appetite for popcorn by feeding them, but it has gotten so he can't turn his back without the result shown here.” (Washington Star)
November 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Nov. 3, 1926: “Steve Vasilakos, the peanuts and popcorn pushcart man, lately victimized by squirrels, now has hungry pigeons to worry about. Steve has cultivated their appetite for popcorn by feeding them, but it has gotten so he can't turn his back without the result shown here.” (Washington Star)
I looked it up! One of the poems in the collection won a Pushcart Prize: Poem in Which I Fail to Teach Homer
November 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I looked it up! One of the poems in the collection won a Pushcart Prize: Poem in Which I Fail to Teach Homer
Congratulations!!! Yay Pushcart!!!
October 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Congratulations!!! Yay Pushcart!!!
much gratitude for a Pushcart nomination for my poem in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social
Congrats to our Pushcart Nominees: william james (#10), Michael Battisto (#10), @kathrynreese.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social (#9), @tefftdawn.bsky.social & @paulmartinezpompa.bsky.social (#9), Flossie Hedges (#8), & Em Roth (#8)!
Read their work: buff.ly/euqoSj8 & buff.ly/nbSrYJm !
Read their work: buff.ly/euqoSj8 & buff.ly/nbSrYJm !
November 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
much gratitude for a Pushcart nomination for my poem in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social
Curry Barker is what I call the pushcart vendors on Carter Road, Bandra
Obsession writer-director Curry Barker said that he wants to make an R-rated version of Indiana Jones that steers away from the family-friendly tone and pushes genre boundaries.
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November 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Curry Barker is what I call the pushcart vendors on Carter Road, Bandra
Huge thanks to Doug and everyone at Blink Ink for nominating my story, 'Sometimes there are only two in a pack' for a Pushcart Prize! I'm incredibly grateful. Here's a big shout out to all the mags & journals & everyone who keeps them going ♥️
#fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
#fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
Pushcart Prize Nominations 2027:
Ancient Wisdom - Alisa Golden
Someone Was Here Long Before - Marcelo Medone
Sometimes There Are Only Two in a Pack - Laura Besley
Anthropomorphism - Adrian Bresler
Anagnorisis - Amanda Rivard
Allegro - Daryl Scroggins
Ancient Wisdom - Alisa Golden
Someone Was Here Long Before - Marcelo Medone
Sometimes There Are Only Two in a Pack - Laura Besley
Anthropomorphism - Adrian Bresler
Anagnorisis - Amanda Rivard
Allegro - Daryl Scroggins
October 31, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Huge thanks to Doug and everyone at Blink Ink for nominating my story, 'Sometimes there are only two in a pack' for a Pushcart Prize! I'm incredibly grateful. Here's a big shout out to all the mags & journals & everyone who keeps them going ♥️
#fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
#fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
Congratulations on the Pushcart nomination! That's huge 🎉
November 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Congratulations on the Pushcart nomination! That's huge 🎉
Bracken is delighted to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees from Issues XIV-XV!
October 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Bracken is delighted to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees from Issues XIV-XV!
Pip McGough (he/him) is a UK-based poet and freelance writer. His poem “Render Error: After Gaza” was nominated for the 2026 Pushcart Prize. In his poetry and prose he explores the intersections of myth and modernity, gender and identity, politics and folklore. Find him on IG at @manifest_gothic
November 6, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Pip McGough (he/him) is a UK-based poet and freelance writer. His poem “Render Error: After Gaza” was nominated for the 2026 Pushcart Prize. In his poetry and prose he explores the intersections of myth and modernity, gender and identity, politics and folklore. Find him on IG at @manifest_gothic
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Raine Geoghegan award-nominated Romani poet — St Mary's Church Sholing
Raine Geoghegan, M.A. is a poet, scriptwriter and performer of Romany, Welsh and Irish ethnicity. She is a Forward Prize, twice Pushcart Prize, and Best of the Net nominee whose work has been pu...
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November 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
www.sholing.church/whatson/rain... - I’ll be performing at this wonderful church on Saturday 7th November. Tickets are free but must be booked online. All welcome.