2024 Pushcart Prize Nominees

BLR is delighted to announce our 2024 Pushcart Prize Nominees. Thank you to all BLR contributors for your great work. Congratulations and best of luck to these six nominees!

FICTION
Ghon Focus” by Jonathan Strysko (Issue 46)
Vultur Gryphus” by Daniel Seifert (Issue 47)

NONFICTION
Dark Valley” by Zoe Sprankle (Issue 46)
Bloodlines” by Anne Rudig (Issue 47)

POETRY
On Lumbering” by Olivia Olson (Issue 46)
White Peaches” by Winshen Liu (Issue 47)


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 2025.