2025 Pushcart Nominations!

We are so grateful to have received so much gorgeous work this year that made this such a difficult decision. Here they are, our fabulous nominees for the 2025 Pushcart Prize!

Poetry

Séamus Isaac Fey, “Tove’s Cnto: Youth”

Arah Ko, “Sorry I Didn’t Call You Back”

Memoir

Kasey Butcher Santana, “Contraband Marginalia”

Jeff Wood, “What Time Is It?”

Fiction

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, “Ms. Tsubaki”

Kayla Lightner, “If You’re Feeling Froggy”

Please join us in wishing them the best of luck!

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