Publisher rejecting early poetry manuscript by Emily Dickinson (1862): "Queer -- the rhymes were all wrong."
The Pushcart Prize
1,094 posts
The Pushcart Prize
@PushcartPrize
Featuring the best short stories, poems, essays annually since 1976.
- NOTICE TO EDITORS: NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEXT PUSHCART PRZE, OUR 50TH CELEBRATION, WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND DECEMBER I. SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS. pushcartprize.com
- The Pushcart Prize editors thank the hundreds of small presses from around the world for their nominations for Pushcart Prize XLVI, to be published next Fall. Announcements will be in the mail in May to selected presses. Thank you all for keeping the light on in dark times.
- The Pushcart Prize editors thank the hundreds of presses worldwide that sent in nominations for the next PP. We will make announcements in May. In the meantime, the 2024 PPXLVIII is available at your independent bookstore, Bookshop or WW Norton. ....Blessings, courage
- EDITORS ALERT: YOUR SMALL PRESS NOMINATIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE FROM 2024 ARE DUE BY A POSTMARK OF DECEMBER 1. CONSULT THE PUSHCART PRIZE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.
- The Pushcart Prize editors thank the hundreds of presses from around the globe for your PPXLVll nominations. Announcements will be sent in May to selected authors and presses. November is pub date. Right now PPXLVl (2022 edition) is at your bookstore, 65 writers,5l presses.
- The Pushcart Prize editors thank the hundreds of little magazines and small book presses worldwide that made nominations for PPXLVIII . Letters about selected work will be mailed in May; a general announcement will be made in fall . Such great energy, passion. Thank you.
- A reminder to editors: the December 1 postmark deadline is coming up soon for Pushcart Prize XLVIIl. Details on our web site.
- Alert to small press editors: December 1 postmark is the deadline for your Pushcart Prize XLVII nominations. Please consult our website for details and postal address.
- Editors of small presses, please note: nominations for the next Pushcart Prize are due by December l. See the Pushcart website for details.
- The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate the 72 authors from 47 presses featured in Pushcart Prize XLlV, (2020 edition), now at your local independent bookstore or other sources-- the thoughtful gift for every writer and reader.
- The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Raven Leilani for the story "Breathing Exercise" (Yale Review) featured in PPXLVI (2022 edition) now at your independent bookstore, library or W.W. Norton & Co.
- Editors alert: letters announcing selections for the next Pushcart Prize (XLVlll),to be published in fall of this year , will be mailed in a few days. Please check your postal mail. More than 40 presses are represented and will receive letters. Thank you.
- Alert to editors: your nominations for Pushcart Prize XLVIII will be accepted between October 1 and December 1 (postmarks). Six works from your 2022 publications to POB 380, Wainscott, NY 11975. See PP website for details. "A treasure and a treasury" Publishers Weekly.