Nominations for Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions

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!