Nominations for Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions

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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:


Our Best Small Fictions nominations:

Lastly, a special congratulations to Kimberly Johnson, whose poem “Fifteen” from Issue 15.2 was selected for the Best American Poetry 2020!

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