#PushcartNominee

Superimposed on an angular, dark staircase is a box with a blurry dark background and the following text: “Renewable Teeth Once I drank a milkshake so hard I lost an incisor. Once I licked a cuspid off during a sermon and held it in my mouth until the “peace be with you”s, when I offered it in my palm to my mother who took my whole hand with habit and flinched and dropped my bone on the pew, like a saint’s, once.” The author is credited as Jamie Manias, the poem was originally published in ionosphere Vol II Issue 2, p.10

Our #pushcartnominee Jamie Manias earned their MFA in Poetry from Bowling Green State University. Living on the autism spectrum as a trans person informs their poetry, which has appeared in Rat’s Ass Review, Kingfisher, and t’ART, to name a few.

Superimposed on a large, well-lit spiral staircase is a box with a blurry maritime background and the following text: “When I Am Placid, Handle with Care or Die at Sea Presently, I am all mirrors and angles While waiting on you to tell our story As I know it to be, how it entangles” The author is credited as Hannah Frey, the poem was originally published in ionosphere Vol II Issue 2, p.11

Our #pushcartnominee Hannah Frey is a left-handed poet, in the habit of regarding and archiving the world around her. She is a recipient of the Ollie A. & J.O. Heskett Graduate Fellowship and is currently the acting Art Editor of her university’s literature journal.

Y'ALL. I've been crying so much since I got this email. The Pushcart was not on my radar this year, but wow, I am just ... honored! Validated! All the things!! Thank you so much to the team at Meetinghouse!!
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Superimposed on a light spiral staircase in black-and-white is a box with a blurry background and the following text: “As Many Days as You Have Sold down the sludgy river of broken dishwashers and his own ruptured future he sails on the pestilent wreckage of our lives discharging into a stagnant stygian lagoon of lead, nickel, cadmium binding to his cells, his being one day shutting him down On Earth’s last day when it heaves its final gasp we’ll be selling things to each other” The author is credited as Len Slatest, the poem was originally published in ionosphere Vol II Issue 1, p.34-35

Our #pushcartnominee Len Slatest’s poems were published in Bards Annual, Creations magazine, Eastern Sea Bards, and (upcoming in 2025) Bulb Culture Collective. He won a small cash award for his fictional piece “Unalterable Decision in Munich”, published in Sound Waves.

Superimposed on a section of a well-lit spiral staircase is a box with a blurry floral background and the following text: “How Do You Walk a Walkman? I step to the invisible podium, ready to recite the riot act from cover to close; part keynote speaker and part snake oil salesman ranting at the open sky” The author is credited as Nicholas Grooms, the poem was originally published in ionosphere Vol II Issue 1, p.14-16

Our #pushcartnominee Nicholas Grooms is a poet, writer and musician. He has been published in Suburban Witchcraft and others, but he is best known for his work creating music for the Kansas City Chiefs. He currently resides in Austin, TX where he focuses on being the best father he can possibly be.

Superimposed on an industrial-looking spiral staircase is a box with a blurry human-shaped figure on a dark background and the following text: “Hostile Architecture Studs to punctuate doorway-sleepers. Windowsill spikes. Benches slanted, or sliced by armrests. There will be no pity for the softness of a human body.” The author is credited as Laura Webb, the poem was originally published in ionosphere Vol II Issue 2, p.41

Our #pushcartnominee Laura Webb is a junior doctor whose work explores themes of illness and healing, folklore and ecology. Her previous projects include initiatives to bring art into hospitals. She co-edits the sci-poetry journal Consilience and is currently studying an MA in Writing Poetry.

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Superimposed on an elegant, dark spiral staircase is a box with a blurry background and the following text: “Gambusia and More Then, a white coat at the U of LA, Laf. noticed that when our good Gambusia, let loose amidst raw sewage, start gobbling up poo bits along with skeeter yuk, their hormones change. The fish flip from having tucked-in girl parts to sporting boy parts— a thing less uncommon in the finny fish world than Bible thumpers like to ever learn or hear. ” The author is credited as Ed Ruzicka, the poem was originally published in ionosphere Vol II Issue 1, p.6-7

Our #pushcartnominee Ed Ruzicka’s third book of poems, Squalls (Kelsay Books), was released in March. Ed’s poems have appeared in the Atlanta Review and the Chicago Literary Review among others. Ed is the president of the Poetry Society of Louisiana and lives with his wife, Renee, in Baton Rouge.

"Post mortem"

in "Oatleaf Poetry Magazine", whose editors have kindly nominated it for a Pushcart Prize - only my second ever nomination.

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Pushcart nominee

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This morning, delighted to receive another Nomination for The Pushcart Prize !

This time, nominated by Eye to the Telescope.

❤️super grateful

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I am so excited & honored to be a #pushcart nominee! Much gratitude to Bright Flash Literary Review for nominating my #flashfiction piece "In His Eyes" for a #pushcartprize Read my #shortfiction here:
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