Announcing Pulp Literature’s 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominees!

Pulp’s Picks

We are delighted to announce our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees! With so many incredible stories and poems to choose from, the selection process is never easy. And we are always humbled and honoured to have had so many wonderful authors and poets choose our pages to call home.

This year, there is an even split between poetry and prose, with three poems and three short stories nominated. To give you a taste of the tops, we include below the opening line to each nominated piece.

And the nominees are …

PG Streeter with ‘The Earth Has Bubbles’, Issue 30
~ With him I marched across heath and moor, as soil and blood caked our boots and swords.

Paige Elizabeth Wajda with ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’, Issue 30
~ Night drive. The all-hail moon gobbles me / down. 

Àkpà Árinzèchukwu with ‘Prometheus’, Issue 31
~ At the hospital’s waiting room where no one / finds love …

Sarina Bosco with ‘Come Back Around’, Issue 32
~ When the deer starts talking, it’s too far gone.

Frances Boyle with ‘Another True Account of the Nature of Grit and How It May Be Ascertained’, Issue 32
~ The world and heaven itself bring me back to this story …

Dan MacIsaac with ‘Crossroads’, Issue 32
~ In 1925, people hustled to keep up with all the mudslinging and muckraking.

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Thank you to all of our authors and poets for sharing your words and making 2021 a lovely literary year. And congratulations and best of luck to PG, Paige, Àkpà, Sarina, Frances, and Dan!

To read the nominated stories and poems — and discover all of our amazing authors, poets, and artists — visit the bookstore!