We at Atticus have a proud five-year history of nominating writers for book and literary magazine awards, including The Pushcart Prize series. Our publishing house takes pride in making these selections as a tip of the cap to the fine writers who contribute to our publications.
Without further ado, here are the Atticus Review nominations for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses XLI, to be published in late fall 2016. These writers best represent the diverse tastes of our editors and we trust that you will appreciate their work as much as we do.
Congratulations to these fantastic and feisty writers!
2015 Nominees
NONFICTION
“A Pilgrimage to America’s Burnt Churches” by Jared Yates Sexton (July 13, 2015)
FICTION
“How to Hold It All in” by Gwen Goodkin (July 30, 2015)
“Music Knows No Color” by Leah Angstman (Aug. 11, 2015)
“Man-made Humanity” by Rudy Kousbroek, translated by Margie Franzen (Oct. 27, 2015)
POETRY
“We Never Had a Baby” by Allison Joseph (Sept. 15, 2015)
“The Kingdom of Childhood” by Sara Hughes (Feb. 2, 2015)
In addition to recognizing a handful of our published writers from 2015, here is a capsule look at past Atticus nominations.
2014 Nominees
FICTION
“Off the Map” by Anna Lea Jancewicz
“Garbage Lady” by Nahid Rachlin
“Phylum Cordata” by Kevin Wilson
POETRY
“Speechless Like Michael Caine” by Tom Hunley
“Anniversary” by Terri Muuss
“My Corpse Is Soft as a Glove” by Louise de Vilmorin (translated by Timothy Bradford)
2013 Nominees
FICTION
“Pythie’s Tale” by Hilary Holladay
“Always” by Rebecca Cook
“Patch” by Lena Bertone
“Appendages” by Gay Degani
POETRY
“Death by Bleeding” by Karen Craigo
“Elegy” by Judy Jordan
2012 Nominees
FICTION
“Moon with Princess” by Matt Mullins (from the collection, Three Ways of the Saw)
“Young & Eager” by Jared Yates Sexton (from the collection, An End to All Things)
“The Benefit of Sleep” by Steven Gillis (from the collection, The Law of Strings)
“Canada” by Kevin Spaide
“Zolpidem” by Gary Moshimer
“The Utility Room” by Michael Nye
2011 Nominees
FICTION
“Words” by Kevin Spaide
“Deep Blue Sea” by Christopher Bundy
“Freezer Burn” by Scott Miles
POETRY
“The Everyday Parade” by Justin Hamm
“Foggy Night” by Todd McKinney
“Basho Was a Ninja” by Barbara Louise Ungar
