Just published THE PUSHCART BOOK OF 21ST CENTURY POETRY AND PROSE, EDITED BY PHILIP SCHULTZ AND BILL HENDERSON, 66 poems, 44 prose works from PP volumes in this century. "diverse and enthralling...astutely and ardently curated" Booklist, starred review, 6/1. At your store or WW Norton.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE SARAH C. HARWELL, M.H.TSE ,AND ERICA REID FOR SELECTIONS FEATURED IN PP L, 2026 EDITION FROM REVEL, ALASKA QUARTERLY AND POETRY DAILY ,NOW AT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE NADIR JABUR,SUZANNE CLEARY AND HALA ALYAN FOR SELECTIONS FEATURED IN PPL , 2026 EDITION, FROM TINT, SOUTHERN REVIEW AND POEM-A-DAY, NOW AT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE MARK BRAZAITIS, SHARA MCCALLUM, AND KEYA MITRA FOR FICTION POETRY AND NONFICTION FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, FROM PRIME NUMBER, PLEIADES, AND MISSOURI REVIEW ,NOW AT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE,BOOKSHOP, OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE BRUCE BEASLEY AND TOMMY MOORE FOR FEATURES PUBLISHED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, FROM THE HUDSON REVIEW AND CHICAGO QUARTERLY REVIEW, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

The Pushcart Prize editors announce the publication of The Pushcart Book Of Twenty-First Century Poetry and Prose, edited by Philip Schultz and Bill Henderson. A selection from Pushcart Prize volumes in this century . 66 poems, 44 prose works. At your bookstore May 1, or W.W. Norton Co.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE UCHE OKONKWO FOR THE STORY 'THE HARVEST' FROM 'A KIND OF MADNESS' (TIN HOUSE), FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION , NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE LOU MATHEWS FOR THE STORY 'DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE CRIMES' FROM NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE CHEN CHEN FOR THE POEM 'ALL I LOVE' FROM THE INDIANA REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE WAYNE MILLER FOR THE POEM 'THE END OF CHILDHOOD' FROM POETRY, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE ANGELA NARCISCO TORRES FOR THE POEM 'ODE TO A SMITH-CORONA GALAXIE TYPEWRITER' FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE JOANNA KAVENNA FOR THE STORY 'THE BEAUTIFUL SALMON' FROM THE PARIS REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE PETER HONG FOR THE STORY 'GOLGORI' FROM BERKELEY FICTION REVIEW FEATURED IN PPL (2026 EDITION) NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Sarah Green for the poem "Tinder" from Pleiades featured in PPL (2026 edition), now at your local bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Avigayl Sharp for the story "Diane"from Granta featured in PPL (2026 edition) now at your independent bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W. Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Roger Reeves for the essay" When The Prince Of Heaven Sleeps " from Emergence, featured in PPL(2026 edition) now at your independent bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE CHRISTIE HODGEN FOR THE STORY "RICH STRIKE" FEATURED IN PPL (2026 EDITION) NOW AT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE OR W.W. NORTON CO.

THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS REMIND SMALL PRESSES THAT THE DECEMBER 1 POSTMARK FOR YOUR NOMINATIONS TO PP LI IS NEAR. PLEASE CONSULT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.

"Small presses are the backbone of the national literature." Ray Carver, quoted in Pushcart Prize L (2026 ) , forthcoming in December. Celebrating hundreds of writers and presses in our 50th edition. 620 pages. Preorder now from W.W. Norton Co. $19.95 paperback, $38.00 hardback.

NOTE TO EDITORS: CONTRACTS FOR PUSHCART PRIZE L SELECTIONS ARE IN YOUR POSTAL MAILBOX (2026 EDITION). PLEASE CHECK AND RETURN IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. (DECEMBER PUB). 74 AUTHORS, 61 PRESSES. A BANNER YEAR, OUR 50TH CELEBRATION.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Farah Peterson, Jessica Greenbaum, Austin Smith, and Ester Lin for works honored in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from New England Review, Image, Alaska Quarterly Review and Threepenny Review, now at you indie bookstore, Bookshop and WW Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Kanako Nishi, Lily Greenberg, Peggy Shinner, Robert Isaacs, and Jennifer Franklin for works honored in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from Poem -A- Day, Reed, Fourth Genre, New England Review and Brick, now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W.Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Mathieu Cailler,Brian Gyamfi, Ea Anderson, Gregory Pardlo and Antonio Lopez for work featured in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from Poetry, Yale Review, Ploughshares, Adroit Journal, Wigleaf now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W. Norton &Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Gail Griffin, Becky Mandelbaum, Richard Hoffman, Kevin Prufer and Craig Reinbold for work honored in PPXLlX (2025 edition) from Two Sylvias, Missouri Review, Plume, Southeast Review, and The Sun now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton & Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Sarah Nance, Laurie Kuntz, Han Ong, Naeem Murr, Donika Kelly for work featured in PP XLlX (2025 edition) from Bellevue Literary Review, Sparks of Calliope, Zoetrope, Missouri Review, Yale Review now at your indie bookstore , Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Joyce Carol Oates, Liz Femi, Julia B. Levine, Danny Lang-Perez and Brad Aaron Modlin for work featured in Pushcart Prize XLlX (2025 edition) from Boulevard, Good River Review, Missouri Review, Kenyon Review, Brevity, now at your indie bookstore or WW Norton.

The Pushcart Prize editors thank The Writers Studio for a zoom celebration this evening of PPXLIX authors Andre Dubus lll, Ann Chinnis, Nishanth Injam,Gregory Pardo, Donika Kelly and Diane Seuss. PPXLIX (2025 edition) is at your indie bookstore, Bookshop or WW Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Marist College on its change to Marist University, a major sponsor of The Pushcart Prize series. PPXLIX ( 2025 edition) is now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors honor Adia Muhammad, Abby Manzella, Brenda Miller, Christien Gholson, Rafia Zakaria, Yael V. Aldana for work in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from The Pinch, Threepenny Review, The Sun, Flyway, Orion, and Torch now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or WW Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors honor Sarah Brownsberger, Brian Brodeur, Kathleen Driskell, Betsy F. Tighe and Sophie Mackintosh for work featured in PPXLlX (2025 edition) from Hedgehog Review, New Criterion, River Teeth, Granta , Anacapa Review, now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W. Norton Co.

The Pushcart Prize editors honor Lindsey Drager, John Nieves, Diane Seuss, Leslie Jill Patterson, Ann Chinnis, and Charlie Geer for work from Colorado Review, Greensboro Review, Adroit Journal, Fourth Genre, Sky Island Journal and Threepenny Review featured in PPXLlX (2025) now at your bookseller

Note to writing teachers: Pushcart Prize XLlX (2025 edition) is now available for your spring term from W.W.Norton Co. ... 71 brilliant fictions, poems and essays from 54 presses...."A powerhouse" Publishers Weekly.

A few more of the 54 presses honored in Pushcart Prize XLlX (2025 edition) now at your indie bookstore or WW Norton: Boulevard, Kenyon Review, Torch, Flyway, Granta, River Teeth, Hedgehog Review, Fiction,Colorado Review, Copper Nickel, Ploughshares, Yale Review, Jewish Currents,Sky Island Journal.

A few more of the 54 presses featured in Pushcart Prize XLIX (2025 edition), now at your indie bookstore, WW Norton, Bookshop: Alaska Quarterly Review, Agni, The Baffler, The Common, Heat, Image, Poem-A-Day, Fourth Genre, Poetry, Wigleaf, Missouri Review, Southeast Review, Bellevue Literary Review.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Kate Delay (Iowa Review), Jose Gonzalez (Here), Aaron El Sabrout (The Hopper ), and Ken Craft (Deep Wild) for poems featured in PPXLIX (2025 edition) now at your independent bookstore, W.W. Norton & Co. or other sources.

A few more of the 54 presses featured in Pushcart Prize XLIX (2025 edition) now arriving at your bookseller: Here, Alice James Books, Santa Monica Review, American Scholar, Greensboro Review, North Meridian Review, New Criterion, Anacapa Review, The Pinch, Orion, Brevity.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Sophie Hoss (The Baffler), Nishanth Injam (Zoetrope), Austin Smith (Image), and Kancko Nishi (Brick) for stories honored in PPXLlX (2025 edition), now at your independent bookstore, W.W. Norton & Co. or other sources.

A few of the 54 presses featured in Pushcart Prize XLIX , 2025 edition, now at your independent bookstore,WW Norton Co. or other sources: Iowa Review, The Hopper, Deep Wild, Pleiades, Zoetrope, Reed, Brick, Adroit Journal, Two Sylvias , Plume, The Sun, Sparks of Calliope, Good River Review.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Sarah Khatry (Agni), Mihcela Moscaliuc (Ploughshares), Shaan Sachdev (New England Review), and Farah Peterson (Threepennny Review) for Nonfiction featured in PPXLlX (2025 edition) now at your independent bookstore, WW Norton & Co. or other sources.

The Pushcart Prize Editors congratulate Abby Murray (Rattle), Bunkong Tuon (Copper Nickel), Katie Farris (Alice James Books), and Hala Alyan (Jewish Currents) for poetry featured in PPXLlX (2025 edition) now at your independent bookstore, WW Norton & Co. or other sources.

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Bill Roorbach, Mary Gordon, Gregory Tower and Andre Dubus lll for fictions featured in PP XLlX (2025 edition) now at your independent bookstore, WW Norton Co. or other sources.

Pushcart Prize XLIX is now arriving at your bookseller. 71 brilliant stories, poems and essays from 54 presses. [A reminder to small press editors: your nominations for PP 50 are due by a December 1 postmark. Consult our website for details.]

EDITORS ALERT: PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINATIONS ARE DUE BY A POSTMARK OF DECEMBER 1. CONSULT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.

NOTICE TO EDITORS: NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEXT PUSHCART PRZE, OUR 50TH CELEBRATION, WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND DECEMBER I. SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS. pushcartprize.com