Our Nominations for the Pushcart Prize

Pushcart Nominations

We are excited to present you with our 2026 nominations for the Pushcart Prize Anthology! Choosing only six pieces from our first two editions was incredibly difficult, but our nominations are as follows:

Bob Hicok with the poem “This is this”

Sarah Barber with the poem “Because I cannot believe in an afterlife”

Emily Rosko with the poem “Spring Set Fever”

John Gallaher with the poem “Expedition to the Fernery”

Jayden Vera with the essay “The House Listens”

Jeff Dean with the essay “The Impenetrable Joshua Betts”

Thank you to everyone who contributed to both of our issues this year! We are honored to have considered your work for this nomination process. Of course, we thank all of our readers for unwavering support as well. Without you, none of this would have found an audience in the first place.

Happy holidays and happy reading!