Pushcart-Prize Nominees

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We nominate our authors for the Pushcart Prize every year.   

At Chicago Story Press Literary Journal, we nominate 6 authors each year for the Pushcart Prize, one of the highest honors in small press publishing. We champion writers whose work sticks with us—stories that are honest and that tell us something meaningful about the world we live in. 

Congratulation to our 2025 Nominees!

Ryan Berg: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/release-me-by-ryan-berg

Mansi Bhatia: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/the-field-between-us-by-mansi-bhatia

Jeannie Ewing: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/cries-of-despair-a-birth-story-rewritten-by-jeannie-ewing

Tara Hashagan: https://chicagostorypress.com/literary-journal/f/scars-annotated-perfected-by-ruin-by-tara-hashagen

Nettie Reynolds: https://chicagostorypress.com/literary-journal/f/what-they-don%E2%80%99t-tell-you-about-dying-alone-by-nettie-reynolds

Janine Willis: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/the-cove-that-held-me-by-janine-a-willis

Congratulations to our 2024 Nominees!

Melissa Colasanti: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/the-weight-of-words-by-melissa-colasanti-woods

Sarah Harley: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/all-things-parallel-by-sarah-harley

Kathleen Tighe: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/the-prayer-rug-by-kathleen-tighe

JoAnn Stevelos: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/how-do-you-forgive-the-unforgivable-by-joann-stevelos

Tommy Cheis: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/especially-in-absentia-by-tommy-cheis

Elle Lash: https://chicagostorypress.com/f/whore-mother-by-elissa-lash

 The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America - including Highest Honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Since 1976, hundreds of presses and thousands of writers of short stories, poetry and essays have been represented in our annual collections. Each year most of the writers and many of the presses are new to the series. Every volume contains an index of past selections, plus lists of outstanding presses with addresses.

The Pushcart Prize has been a labor of love and independent spirits since its founding. It is one of the last surviving literary co-ops from the 60's and 70's. Our legacy is assured by donations to our Fellowships endowment.

From: http://pushcartprize.com/