We are happy to celebrate National Poetry Month by announcing our nominations for the Best New Poets anthology: Samantha Grenrock’s “This Was My Bulwark” (from Issue 15.1) and Kevin Phan’s “Punch Line” (from Issue 15.2)! Best New Poets is an annual anthology of fifty poems from emerging writers who haven’t yet published a full-length collection. Poets …
Every year, we find it hard to whittle down the list of our own Pushcart nominations to just six pieces from the print journal and our miCRo series (see our list for this year here), and every March, we feel thrilled to hear about another round of nominations from our pages, this time from contributing …
While we’re wary of the fashion trend toward “short shorts and long jackets”, we’re thrilled about short literary things.
As the days get shorter and the weather gloomier, we’re staying upbeat with cute animal photos and copious amounts of caffeine, and by reading through our past issues to select nominations for the 2020 Pushcart Prize anthology and for Best Microfiction 2018. The final decisions weren’t easy. We’ve published so many amazing voices over …
If the poet John Keats worked in the CR office, he might have swapped his description of autumn (“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”) for a more au courant depiction of fall life in the lit mag world – Season of pumpkin libations… and shining nominations! We’re pleased to share the news that we’ve nominated …
We’ve heard a lot of good news lately, including that a poem from our miCRo series, “Iraq Good” by Hugh Martin, was chosen as a Pushcart Prize winner and will appear in The Pushcart Prize XLIII: Best of the Small Presses, 2019 edition! Assistant Editor Caitlin Doyle said in her introduction of “Iraq Good” that …
We’re jumping for joy at recent recognitions of work from our pages! One piece will appear in an anthology, another was a finalist, and still others were nominated for consideration: Sonja Livingston’s marvelous essay from issue 14.2, “Miracle of the Eyes,” about mysterious happenings with statues of Mary in Ireland in 1985, was selected for …
We’re looking forward to this event on Thursday at 7:30! CR contributor Marcus Wicker will be reading poems and giving a lecture about “Poetry as Protest and Social Activism.” Join us at the Mercantile Library, a beautiful library on the 11th floor of 414 Walnut in downtown Cincinnati. Two poems of Wicker’s, “Tiki Torch Cookout …
What’s our collective resolution for 2018 as members of the CR editorial staff (other than visiting the office candy bowl a little less often)? To support the work of today’s most gifted writers! As the year rolls into motion, we’re proud to share an impressive list of recent accomplishments by our past contributors. Translation awards, book prizes, grants, …
It’s that time of year again, when across North America leaves fall from deciduous trees, people gather together indoors to eat more food than they should, and literary journals compile nominations for the Pushcart Press and other important anthologies. We find this to be a tough season: less light, expanding waistlines, and having to …
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