2023 Pushcart Prize Nominees

BLR is delighted to announce our 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominees. Thank you to all BLR contributors for your great work. Congratulations and best of luck to these six nominees!

FICTION
What Is Buried Beneath” by Kati Eisenhuth
Revolutions in Time” by Elizabeth Lee

NONFICTION
Mad Love” by Acamea Deadwiler
If You Scared, Say You Scared” by Sheree L. Greer

POETRY
Ambiguous Loss” by Ceilidh Barlow Cash
The Practice of Cleaning” by Sarah Nance


The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is one of the most honored literary projects in America. Winners will be announced in the spring of 2024.