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Pushcart Prize Nominations for 2023
After much deliberation, we’re excited to announce our nominations for the Pushcart Prize below. Good luck to these talented writers who...
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Oct 28, 20222 min read
The Girl Who Was Afraid to Die, by Gabrielle Skerpan
There once was a girl who was afraid to die. The fear knotted her stomach and caused her to shake. Her tears ran dry, and she could do...
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Sep 14, 20223 min read
Radio II, by Alexander Eikenberg
From the passenger’s seat you reach over and turn on the radio. With the windows down at sixty-five the sound is stifled out of hearing...
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Jul 20, 20222 min read
Sunflower, by Lauren Schaumburg
Freckles dappling skin, how long can you lie in the sunshine before the burn comes to lay waste to your flesh? How long can you stand to...
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Jul 13, 20221 min read
Caspian Sea, by Leila Farjami
Once, she held me in her rippling arms, soft Mother, breathing her buoyant, murmuring life into my little body. Her shores stretched like...
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Jun 19, 20227 min read
We Talk about the Wind, by Alexis David
The cat tails loft upward, moving in the breeze. This a place of light, where we are made of light, where we float on water.
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Feb 14, 20225 min read
Moonshadow, by Barbara Long
Melba held the moon in her hand, caressing it gently, opening and closing her palm around the silvery sheen. It often slipped in through...
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Feb 9, 20221 min read
If I Could, by Kimberly Barbour
If she could write you a letter, she would say that she tried. She’d apologize for lying, but it’s all she knew. Lies, and want, and him....
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Jan 19, 202210 min read
On the Road to Fayetteville, by Tom Wade
In early 1972, I stayed for a short while with my parents in Kansas City after spending the previous year and a half as a volunteer poverty
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Oct 27, 20213 min read
Lake Leavings, by Brinson Leigh Kresge
I. A three-year-old’s preamble: Let’s talk about ants. Ants can walk. Ants don’t have feet. Ants have feet...
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Oct 13, 20211 min read
Graphomania, by Taylor McGraw
Taylor McGraw is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her work is deeply rooted in the psychological concepts of pathology, object...
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Sep 13, 20215 min read
Liminal Spaces, by Gwendolin McCrea
The summer that I was seventeen, I worked for my uncle and aunt at their rustic cabin resort in northern Minnesota. They gave me my own...
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Sep 8, 20216 min read
In Kitchens We Trust, by Sarah Munn
Phone calls to the kitchen during service were a nuisance, so I was gruff when I answered. I regret that now. “Kitchen. Chef.” “Raych,...
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Aug 25, 20211 min read
Summer Hunt, by Edward Valladao
When we were young We treasure hunted Under plum trees For what our arms Couldn’t reach, Our joy ripening As we picked Amongst the mushy...
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Aug 18, 20212 min read
Maami, by Phebe Emmanuel
This piece is part of our “Tails + Tales” teen summer writing initiative inspired by the 2021 national summer reading theme chosen...
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Jul 23, 20211 min read
Stars Don't Discriminate, by Olivia Cai
This piece is part of our “Tails + Tales” teen summer writing initiative inspired by the 2021 national summer reading theme chosen...
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Jun 16, 20211 min read
Swamp Monster, by Emily Rozitis
At the very bottom of my bathtub, there is a space for the darkness. It exists for the dark ...
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Jun 9, 20212 min read
Gracie's Gift, by Lindsey Morrison Grant
I did not have any kinship with plants of any kind growing up. My experience was all vicarious. I was envious of my grandmother's ability...
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May 26, 20211 min read
Delta Means Change, by Lisa Lundeen
What is the landscape of my life these days? Mudflat sounds about right—the mud part and the flat part, messy, shoe-sucking,...
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Apr 21, 20211 min read
Bruised Mother, by Ashley Kirkland
topless in the grey light of the master bath, accompanied by store-bought seashells and soaps, a painting of dune grass, remember how we...
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