Congratulations Pushcart Prize Nominees

Congratulations to the following authors. Their works, chosen from the many pieces published in Pen in Hand, have been nominated for the 2024 Pushcart Prize.

"Their Very Bones," Abby Kusmin
"A Málà Proposal," Joanne Oh
"Wonder of Ordinary Days," Lois Villemaire
"A Greedy Animal," Terri Simon
"Living Languages," Lora Berg
"The Sound of Silence," Desiree DiFabio (PROSE)

The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays, or literary whatnot" published in small presses over the previous year. Anthologies of the selected works have been published annually since 1976. The Nomination panel was comprised of Nicole Abuhamada, Roderick Deacey, Kari Martindale, and Joanne Zaslow.