The Pushcart nominations deadline has snuck up on us again, and we got ours in just under the wire. 2023 is the year of our oceans issue, Reckoning 7, edited by Priya Chand, Octavia Cade and Tim Fab-Eme. As is the case every time we’ve had to pick just a few pieces to submit for any award, I bristle at the implication all our contributors might be anything less than eminently worthy to have accolades heaped upon them! But in this case, we could only send six.
Poetry
- “After encountering the gray whales in El Burbujon, Laguna Ojo de Liebre” by Naila Francis
- “Lies You’ve Told About the Pacific Garbage Patch” by Emily Alta Hockaday
- “the world as it is” by Sera Gamble
Fiction
- “The Air Will Catch Us” by Rajiv Moté
- “Swimming Whole” by E. C. Barrett
Creative Nonfiction
- “A River Dance: Cauvery in Crisis” by Dheepa R. Maturi
Warm wishes for luck and leg-breaking to you all.
