Featuring the best short stories, poems, essays annually since 1976. http://pushcartprize.com/https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mljpt4d3jk2vTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE MARK BRAZAITIS, SHARA MCCALLUM, AND KEYA MITRA FOR FICTION POETRY AND NONFICTION FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, FROM PRIME NUMBER, PLEIADES, AND MISSOURI REVIEW ,NOW AT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE,BOOKSHOP, OR W.W. NORTON CO.10 May 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljpt4d3jk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mkpmehbkus2uTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE BRUCE BEASLEY AND TOMMY MOORE FOR FEATURES PUBLISHED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, FROM THE HUDSON REVIEW AND CHICAGO QUARTERLY REVIEW, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.30 Apr 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpmehbkus2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mjsg2nnuvk2nThe Pushcart Prize editors announce the publication of The Pushcart Book Of Twenty-First Century Poetry and Prose, edited by Philip Schultz and Bill Henderson. A selection from Pushcart Prize volumes in this century . 66 poems, 44 prose works. At your bookstore May 1, or W.W. Norton Co.18 Apr 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsg2nnuvk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3miqzpnprac2nTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE UCHE OKONKWO FOR THE STORY 'THE HARVEST' FROM 'A KIND OF MADNESS' (TIN HOUSE), FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION , NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.05 Apr 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqzpnprac2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mhgxymkzo225THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE LOU MATHEWS FOR THE STORY 'DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE CRIMES' FROM NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.19 Mar 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgxymkzo225https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mgqhpmyjhs24THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE CHEN CHEN FOR THE POEM 'ALL I LOVE' FROM THE INDIANA REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.10 Mar 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqhpmyjhs24https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mg3ekqzkq22aTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE WAYNE MILLER FOR THE POEM 'THE END OF CHILDHOOD' FROM POETRY, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.02 Mar 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3ekqzkq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mfko3jbfsk2yTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE ANGELA NARCISCO TORRES FOR THE POEM 'ODE TO A SMITH-CORONA GALAXIE TYPEWRITER' FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.23 Feb 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfko3jbfsk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mfawl5buk22fTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE JOANNA KAVENNA FOR THE STORY 'THE BEAUTIFUL SALMON' FROM THE PARIS REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.20 Feb 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfawl5buk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3meua6vuwak2fTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE PETER HONG FOR THE STORY 'GOLGORI' FROM BERKELEY FICTION REVIEW FEATURED IN PPL (2026 EDITION) NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.15 Feb 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3meua6vuwak2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3melnbf4gl22uThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Sarah Green for the poem "Tinder" from Pleiades featured in PPL (2026 edition), now at your local bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.11 Feb 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3melnbf4gl22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3me2i65e3xk2kThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Avigayl Sharp for the story "Diane"from Granta featured in PPL (2026 edition) now at your independent bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W. Norton Co.04 Feb 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2i65e3xk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mdgupwjy6c2qThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Roger Reeves for the essay" When The Prince Of Heaven Sleeps " from Emergence, featured in PPL(2026 edition) now at your independent bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.27 Jan 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgupwjy6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3mcpzwmfnlc2vTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE CHRISTIE HODGEN FOR THE STORY "RICH STRIKE" FEATURED IN PPL (2026 EDITION) NOW AT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE OR W.W. NORTON CO.18 Jan 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcpzwmfnlc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3m6hlmesk6s25THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS REMIND SMALL PRESSES THAT THE DECEMBER 1 POSTMARK FOR YOUR NOMINATIONS TO PP LI IS NEAR. PLEASE CONSULT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.25 Nov 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hlmesk6s25https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lsa7d63qss2f"Small presses are the backbone of the national literature." Ray Carver, quoted in Pushcart Prize L (2026 ) , forthcoming in December. Celebrating hundreds of writers and presses in our 50th edition. 620 pages. Preorder now from W.W. Norton Co. $19.95 paperback, $38.00 hardback.22 Jun 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsa7d63qss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lps5ezmhe22qNOTE TO EDITORS: CONTRACTS FOR PUSHCART PRIZE L SELECTIONS ARE IN YOUR POSTAL MAILBOX (2026 EDITION). PLEASE CHECK AND RETURN IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. (DECEMBER PUB). 74 AUTHORS, 61 PRESSES. A BANNER YEAR, OUR 50TH CELEBRATION.22 May 2025 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lps5ezmhe22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lpncdhlhn22pThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Farah Peterson, Jessica Greenbaum, Austin Smith, and Ester Lin for works honored in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from New England Review, Image, Alaska Quarterly Review and Threepenny Review, now at you indie bookstore, Bookshop and WW Norton Co.21 May 2025 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpncdhlhn22phttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3loh6pz45522vThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Kanako Nishi, Lily Greenberg, Peggy Shinner, Robert Isaacs, and Jennifer Franklin for works honored in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from Poem -A- Day, Reed, Fourth Genre, New England Review and Brick, now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W.Norton Co.05 May 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3loh6pz45522vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lmnfohnswk2iThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Mathieu Cailler,Brian Gyamfi, Ea Anderson, Gregory Pardlo and Antonio Lopez for work featured in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from Poetry, Yale Review, Ploughshares, Adroit Journal, Wigleaf now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W. Norton &Co.12 Apr 2025 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnfohnswk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lkmc5yrvqc25The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Gail Griffin, Becky Mandelbaum, Richard Hoffman, Kevin Prufer and Craig Reinbold for work honored in PPXLlX (2025 edition) from Two Sylvias, Missouri Review, Plume, Southeast Review, and The Sun now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton & Co.17 Mar 2025 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkmc5yrvqc25https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3ljgjnn6kak23The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Sarah Nance, Laurie Kuntz, Han Ong, Naeem Murr, Donika Kelly for work featured in PP XLlX (2025 edition) from Bellevue Literary Review, Sparks of Calliope, Zoetrope, Missouri Review, Yale Review now at your indie bookstore , Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.02 Mar 2025 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljgjnn6kak23https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lisghsvyrk27The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Joyce Carol Oates, Liz Femi, Julia B. Levine, Danny Lang-Perez and Brad Aaron Modlin for work featured in Pushcart Prize XLlX (2025 edition) from Boulevard, Good River Review, Missouri Review, Kenyon Review, Brevity, now at your indie bookstore or WW Norton.22 Feb 2025 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lisghsvyrk27https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lhr6pugevk27The Pushcart Prize editors thank The Writers Studio for a zoom celebration this evening of PPXLIX authors Andre Dubus lll, Ann Chinnis, Nishanth Injam,Gregory Pardo, Donika Kelly and Diane Seuss. PPXLIX (2025 edition) is at your indie bookstore, Bookshop or WW Norton Co.09 Feb 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr6pugevk27https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lh3bcz473c25The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Marist College on its change to Marist University, a major sponsor of The Pushcart Prize series. PPXLIX ( 2025 edition) is now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.01 Feb 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh3bcz473c25https://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lgja5vp4hk2hThe Pushcart Prize editors honor Adia Muhammad, Abby Manzella, Brenda Miller, Christien Gholson, Rafia Zakaria, Yael V. Aldana for work in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from The Pinch, Threepenny Review, The Sun, Flyway, Orion, and Torch now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or WW Norton Co.24 Jan 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgja5vp4hk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lfnshfm54k2jThe Pushcart Prize editors honor Sarah Brownsberger, Brian Brodeur, Kathleen Driskell, Betsy F. Tighe and Sophie Mackintosh for work featured in PPXLlX (2025 edition) from Hedgehog Review, New Criterion, River Teeth, Granta , Anacapa Review, now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W. Norton Co.13 Jan 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnshfm54k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3lei6ys52xc2iThe Pushcart Prize editors honor Lindsey Drager, John Nieves, Diane Seuss, Leslie Jill Patterson, Ann Chinnis, and Charlie Geer for work from Colorado Review, Greensboro Review, Adroit Journal, Fourth Genre, Sky Island Journal and Threepenny Review featured in PPXLlX (2025) now at your bookseller29 Dec 2024 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lei6ys52xc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pushcartprize.bsky.social/post/3ldpc2mge5c2sNote to writing teachers: Pushcart Prize XLlX (2025 edition) is now available for your spring term from W.W.Norton Co. ... 71 brilliant fictions, poems and essays from 54 presses...."A powerhouse" Publishers Weekly.20 Dec 2024 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:x5ixv2himomrmli6wppbqozm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldpc2mge5c2s