Awards
Pushcart Prize 2022 Nominations
Blessedness is Ours Adam Clay
Poem About America Made from the Beginnings of First Lines of
Poems by Emily Dickinson Owen McLeod
Tar Baby To-Do List Rachel Nelson
That Summer Martha Silano
The Gods Grace Q. Song
[ ] Heath Joseph Wooten
Blessedness is Ours Adam Clay
Poem About America Made from the Beginnings of First Lines of
Poems by Emily Dickinson Owen McLeod
Tar Baby To-Do List Rachel Nelson
That Summer Martha Silano
The Gods Grace Q. Song
[ ] Heath Joseph Wooten
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Best of the Net 2022 Nominations
Before I lived in this house someone else did Michael Mercurio
For Alison, After a Walk Livia Meneghin
Poem for My Father John Poch
An Engraving of A Woman Entering an Abortion Clinic Adam Tavel
Mexican José Angel Araguz
We Buy Broken Gold Tennessee Hill
Before I lived in this house someone else did Michael Mercurio
For Alison, After a Walk Livia Meneghin
Poem for My Father John Poch
An Engraving of A Woman Entering an Abortion Clinic Adam Tavel
Mexican José Angel Araguz
We Buy Broken Gold Tennessee Hill
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Best New Poets 2022 Nominations
Before I lived in this house someone else did Michael Mercurio
For Alison, After a Walk Livia Meneghin
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Pushcart Prize 2021 Nominations
Prayer with Oaks and Visual Snow Syndrome Sally Rosen Kindred
Cyrus & the Snakes Ada Limón
Poem for My Father John Poch
Britney Takes Ambien Eszter Takacs
An Engraving of a Woman Entering an Abortion Clinic Adam Tavel
Detour Ghazal Scott Weaver
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Best of the Net 2021 Nominations
Love Poem MRB Chelko
(July 2020 Edition)
At Dinner, I Grow Bored Among the Pregnant, When I Am Leavened Only By Botanics Liz Cambra
(September 2020 Edition)
Heart, I will return in Spring Jill Alexander Essbaum
(November 2020 Edition)
Britney Takes Ambien Eszter Takacs
(March 2021 Edition)
Rabbi Junco Jeremy Radin
(May 2020 Edition)
The Mother Jen Stewart Fueston
(January 2021 Edition)
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Best New Poets 2021 Nominations
How to Make a Deer Collapse Dare Williams
Thessaloniki, 1970 Anastasia Vassos
How to Make a Deer Collapse Dare Williams
Thessaloniki, 1970 Anastasia Vassos
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Pushcart Prize 2020 Nominations
Paris Mark Alan Williams
(May 2020 Edition)
Unfolding Blue Lynne Thompson
(September 2020 Edition)
Tone Problem Lesley Wheeler
(September 2020 Edition)
At Dinner, I Grow Bored Among the Pregnant When I Am Leavened Only By Botanics Liz Cambra
(September 2020 Edition)
Heart, I will return in Spring Jill Alexander Essbaum
(November 2020 Edition)
Jon, Master of Sexual Positions Audrey Gradzewicz
(November 2020 Edition)
(May 2020 Edition)
Unfolding Blue Lynne Thompson
(September 2020 Edition)
Tone Problem Lesley Wheeler
(September 2020 Edition)
At Dinner, I Grow Bored Among the Pregnant When I Am Leavened Only By Botanics Liz Cambra
(September 2020 Edition)
Heart, I will return in Spring Jill Alexander Essbaum
(November 2020 Edition)
Jon, Master of Sexual Positions Audrey Gradzewicz
(November 2020 Edition)
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Best of the Net 2020 Nominations
Crew Lloyd Wallace
(July 2019 Edition)
What to Say for Grief Laura Lee Beasley
(September 2019 Edition)
Lungsong Will Durham
(November 2019 Edition)
Habituation Hala Alyan
(January 2020 Edition)
Letter to My Long Distance Lover in Which We're Ross & Rachel Caitlin Cowan
(March 2020 Edition)
Elegy for Origin Caroline Chavatel
(May 2020 Edition)
Crew Lloyd Wallace
(July 2019 Edition)
What to Say for Grief Laura Lee Beasley
(September 2019 Edition)
Lungsong Will Durham
(November 2019 Edition)
Habituation Hala Alyan
(January 2020 Edition)
Letter to My Long Distance Lover in Which We're Ross & Rachel Caitlin Cowan
(March 2020 Edition)
Elegy for Origin Caroline Chavatel
(May 2020 Edition)
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Best New Poets 2020 Nominations
Lungsong Will Durham
(November 2019 Edition)
Our People Don’t Believe in Tears Alina Pleskova
(November 2019 Edition)
Lungsong Will Durham
(November 2019 Edition)
Our People Don’t Believe in Tears Alina Pleskova
(November 2019 Edition)
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Pushcart Prize 2019 Nominations
Cicada Song Andrew Collard
(January 2019)
Wheat Field with Crows Joseph Fasano
(September 2019)
Steam Mag Gabbert
(May 2019)
And the Kindling Too James Merenda
(March 2019)
Our People Don’t Believe in Tears Alina Pleskova
(November 2019)
Grasp Sara Ryan
(July 2019)
Cicada Song Andrew Collard
(January 2019)
Wheat Field with Crows Joseph Fasano
(September 2019)
Steam Mag Gabbert
(May 2019)
And the Kindling Too James Merenda
(March 2019)
Our People Don’t Believe in Tears Alina Pleskova
(November 2019)
Grasp Sara Ryan
(July 2019)
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*Orison Anthology 2020 Nominations
Taking Care Callista Buchen
(May 2019)
Church Girls Megan Fernandes
(July 2019)
Darkroom Emily Lawson
(January 2019)
*Tell me again Dana McKenna and Ben Clark
(September 2019)
And the Kindling Too James Merenda
(March 2019)
Escapes Thomas Renjilian
(September 2019)
Taking Care Callista Buchen
(May 2019)
Church Girls Megan Fernandes
(July 2019)
Darkroom Emily Lawson
(January 2019)
*Tell me again Dana McKenna and Ben Clark
(September 2019)
And the Kindling Too James Merenda
(March 2019)
Escapes Thomas Renjilian
(September 2019)
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Best of the Net 2019 Nominations
In The Next 50 Years So Many Animals Will Go Extinct It Will Take Earth At Least 3 Million Years To Recover
Kelli Russell Agodon
(May 2019)
On the Beauty of the Handbag Hook in Treatment Room #5 Marietta Brill
(July 2018)
Still Life George David Clark
(November 2018)
Cicada Song Andrew Collard
(January 2019)
sky. as leaves fall Genevieve Kaplan
(March 2019)
After a Long Time Married Sarah Pape
(September 2018)
In The Next 50 Years So Many Animals Will Go Extinct It Will Take Earth At Least 3 Million Years To Recover
Kelli Russell Agodon
(May 2019)
On the Beauty of the Handbag Hook in Treatment Room #5 Marietta Brill
(July 2018)
Still Life George David Clark
(November 2018)
Cicada Song Andrew Collard
(January 2019)
sky. as leaves fall Genevieve Kaplan
(March 2019)
After a Long Time Married Sarah Pape
(September 2018)
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Best New Poets 2019 Nominations
Message Taped Below a Park Bench Lauren Yarnall
(May 2018 Edition)
Self-Portrait as a Hitchhiker Claire S. Lee
(November 2018 Edition)
Message Taped Below a Park Bench Lauren Yarnall
(May 2018 Edition)
Self-Portrait as a Hitchhiker Claire S. Lee
(November 2018 Edition)
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Pushcart Prize 2018 Nominations
Against Despair: The Kid Goat Nickole Brown
(January 2019 Edition)
Late Epithalamion of Appalachian Fragments Gabriel Welsch
(March 2018 Edition)
Message Taped Below a Park Bench Lauren Yarnall
(May 2018 Edition)
Giant Hogweed Sonja Johanson
(July 2018 Edition)
Tableau Vivant Virginia Konchan
(September 2018 Edition)
Five Hundred Acres and a Hundred Head Hannah Perrin King
(November 2018 Edition)
Against Despair: The Kid Goat Nickole Brown
(January 2019 Edition)
Late Epithalamion of Appalachian Fragments Gabriel Welsch
(March 2018 Edition)
Message Taped Below a Park Bench Lauren Yarnall
(May 2018 Edition)
Giant Hogweed Sonja Johanson
(July 2018 Edition)
Tableau Vivant Virginia Konchan
(September 2018 Edition)
Five Hundred Acres and a Hundred Head Hannah Perrin King
(November 2018 Edition)
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Best of the Net 2018 Nominations
Non-Resident Alien Momina Mela
(November 2017 Edition)
Cut Open Francis Santana
(November 2017 Edition)
Birch Oil, Smoke, Pine Tar, Switch M. Bartley Seigel
(January 2018 Edition)
Blue Horror Adam Tavel
(September 2017 Edition)
Late Epithalamion of Appalachian Fragments Gabriel Welsch
(March 2018 Edition)
Message Taped Below a Park Lauren Yarnall
(May 2018 Edition)
Non-Resident Alien Momina Mela
(November 2017 Edition)
Cut Open Francis Santana
(November 2017 Edition)
Birch Oil, Smoke, Pine Tar, Switch M. Bartley Seigel
(January 2018 Edition)
Blue Horror Adam Tavel
(September 2017 Edition)
Late Epithalamion of Appalachian Fragments Gabriel Welsch
(March 2018 Edition)
Message Taped Below a Park Lauren Yarnall
(May 2018 Edition)
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Best New Poets 2018 Nominations
Notes for Keeping the Sabbath in the ICU Aaron Reeder
(September 2017 Edition)
forgiving a wildfire Amie Zimmerman
(November 2017 Edition)
Notes for Keeping the Sabbath in the ICU Aaron Reeder
(September 2017 Edition)
forgiving a wildfire Amie Zimmerman
(November 2017 Edition)
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Pushcart Prize 2017 Nominations
Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Arab Girl Jessica Abughattas
(July 2017 Edition)
Aleppo Hala Alyan
(January 2017 Edition)
The Great Ones Amanda Auerbach
(July 2017 Edition)
Sonnet after Analytical Drawings after Photographs of Gret Palucca Jake Bauer
(May 2017 Edition)
Tomb of the Muses Adam Houle
(September 2017 Edition)
Hare Running Lauren Winchester
(March 2017 Edition)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Arab Girl Jessica Abughattas
(July 2017 Edition)
Aleppo Hala Alyan
(January 2017 Edition)
The Great Ones Amanda Auerbach
(July 2017 Edition)
Sonnet after Analytical Drawings after Photographs of Gret Palucca Jake Bauer
(May 2017 Edition)
Tomb of the Muses Adam Houle
(September 2017 Edition)
Hare Running Lauren Winchester
(March 2017 Edition)
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Best of the Net 2017 Nominations
Aleppo Hala Alyan
(January 2017 Edition)
Fugue State #2 Michelle Bitting
(November 2016)
*Break-Up Letter to My Clitoris Kendra DeColo
(July 2016 Edition)
Parking Garage James Hoch
(March 2017 Edition)
The Work, the Opera John Poch
(January 2017 Edition)
Tangerine Trees & Little Bags of Sugar Su Cho
(September 2016 Edition)
Aleppo Hala Alyan
(January 2017 Edition)
Fugue State #2 Michelle Bitting
(November 2016)
*Break-Up Letter to My Clitoris Kendra DeColo
(July 2016 Edition)
Parking Garage James Hoch
(March 2017 Edition)
The Work, the Opera John Poch
(January 2017 Edition)
Tangerine Trees & Little Bags of Sugar Su Cho
(September 2016 Edition)
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Best New Poets 2017 Nominations
*Séance Brennan Bestwick
(September 2016 Edition)
Bear Witness Tiana Clark
(May 2016 Edition)
*Séance Brennan Bestwick
(September 2016 Edition)
Bear Witness Tiana Clark
(May 2016 Edition)
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Pushcart Prize 2016 Nominations
Weathervane Anne Champion & Jenny Sadre-Orafai
(September 2016 Edition)
Bear Witness Tiana Clark
(May 2016 Edition)
Break-Up Letter to My Clitoris Kendra DeColo
(July 2016 Edition)
Hard Leah Umansky
(November 2016 Edition)
Letter to Larry Levis Matthew Olzmann
(January 2016 Edition)
Geoffrey's French Shoes Cooper Esteban Renner
(September 2016 Edition)
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Best of the Net 2016 Nominations
Meditation on Wings and Meeting Gabriel in a Philadelphia Prison Cortney Lamar Charleston
(November 2015 Edition)
Bear Witness Tiana Clark
(Mary 2016 Edition)
What Another Mother Dara-Lyn Shrager
(September 2015 Edition)
Dear Maggie Smith
(July 2015 Edition)
Lonely is a Hard Word to Use in a Poem Leah Umansky
(March 2016 Edition)
Poem with Michael Kors and Christian Louboutin Scott Wordsman
(May 2016 Edition)
Meditation on Wings and Meeting Gabriel in a Philadelphia Prison Cortney Lamar Charleston
(November 2015 Edition)
Bear Witness Tiana Clark
(Mary 2016 Edition)
What Another Mother Dara-Lyn Shrager
(September 2015 Edition)
Dear Maggie Smith
(July 2015 Edition)
Lonely is a Hard Word to Use in a Poem Leah Umansky
(March 2016 Edition)
Poem with Michael Kors and Christian Louboutin Scott Wordsman
(May 2016 Edition)
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Best New Poets 2016 Nominations
The Witch of the West Knits Feather and Bone Emily Rose Cole
(January 2016 Edition)
Dragon’s Den Anna Leigh Knowles
(January 2016 Edition)
The Witch of the West Knits Feather and Bone Emily Rose Cole
(January 2016 Edition)
Dragon’s Den Anna Leigh Knowles
(January 2016 Edition)
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Pushcart Prize 2015 Nominations
go here nothing to see home Aricka Foreman
(September 2015 Edition)
Driving to St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota Michael Gould
(May 2015 Edition)
The Etesians Took You Home Constantine Mountrakis
(November 2015 Edition)
Until You, I Never Knew the Names of Spices Tanya Muzumdar
(May 2015 Edition)
Dear Maggie Smith
(July 2015 Edition)
Partisan War Party for Mahalia Jackson Ephraim Scott Sommers
(November 2015 Edition)
go here nothing to see home Aricka Foreman
(September 2015 Edition)
Driving to St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota Michael Gould
(May 2015 Edition)
The Etesians Took You Home Constantine Mountrakis
(November 2015 Edition)
Until You, I Never Knew the Names of Spices Tanya Muzumdar
(May 2015 Edition)
Dear Maggie Smith
(July 2015 Edition)
Partisan War Party for Mahalia Jackson Ephraim Scott Sommers
(November 2015 Edition)
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Best of the Net 2015 Nominations
Dirt Michael Bazzett
(May 2015)
shotgun suite Mahogany L. Browne
(September 2014)
First Day of Spring, First Spring David Ebenbach
(July 2014)
Driving to St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota Michael Gould
(May 2015)
Trigger Words Dana Koster
(January 2015)
Until You, I Never Knew the Names of Spices Tanya Muzumdar
(May 2015)
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Best New Poets 2015 Nominations
Ithaka Kelly Cressio-Moeller
(November 2014)
Rude Boys Walking Home Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
(May 2014)
Ithaka Kelly Cressio-Moeller
(November 2014)
Rude Boys Walking Home Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
(May 2014)
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Pushcart Prize 2014 Nominations
Ithaka Kelly Cressio-Moeller
(November 2014)
The Year the Wu-Tang Drops Adam Falkner
(September 2014)
*Love Poem Michael Marberry
(3rd poem in series March 2014)
Seed Moon Rachel Marie Patterson
(March 2014)
Morning Prayer Nicole Rollender
(May 2014)
Karaj Jenny Sadre-Orafai
(May 2014)
Ithaka Kelly Cressio-Moeller
(November 2014)
The Year the Wu-Tang Drops Adam Falkner
(September 2014)
*Love Poem Michael Marberry
(3rd poem in series March 2014)
Seed Moon Rachel Marie Patterson
(March 2014)
Morning Prayer Nicole Rollender
(May 2014)
Karaj Jenny Sadre-Orafai
(May 2014)
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Best of the Net 2014 Nominations
Dear Jenny Portia Elan
(November 2013 Edition)
Breach Barbara Westwood Diehl
(March 2014 Edition)
*Mausoleum Clay Matthews
(July 2013 Edition)
What You Get for a Song Steven D. Schroeder
(November 2013 Edition)
Fall After Drought Ciara Shuttleworth
(September 2013 Edition)
Water Hose Randi Ward
(January 2014 Edition)
Dear Jenny Portia Elan
(November 2013 Edition)
Breach Barbara Westwood Diehl
(March 2014 Edition)
*Mausoleum Clay Matthews
(July 2013 Edition)
What You Get for a Song Steven D. Schroeder
(November 2013 Edition)
Fall After Drought Ciara Shuttleworth
(September 2013 Edition)
Water Hose Randi Ward
(January 2014 Edition)
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Best New Poets 2014 Nominations
Confessional Jennifer Lighty
(January 2014 Edition)
Love Poem Michael Marberry
(3rd poem in series, March 2014 Edition)
Confessional Jennifer Lighty
(January 2014 Edition)
Love Poem Michael Marberry
(3rd poem in series, March 2014 Edition)
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Pushcart Prize 2013 Nominations
Wilmot Here, Collect For Stella Christian Anton Gerard
(May 2013 Edition)
At the Periodic Table Display, Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville, Georgia Christopher Martin
(November 2014 Edition)
His interior, thickening Kevin McLellan
(March 2013 Edition)
Cause John Poch
(March 2013 Edition)
Snow Corinna McClanahan Schroeder
(July 2013 Edition)
Fall After Drought Ciara Shuttleworth
(September 2013)
Wilmot Here, Collect For Stella Christian Anton Gerard
(May 2013 Edition)
At the Periodic Table Display, Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville, Georgia Christopher Martin
(November 2014 Edition)
His interior, thickening Kevin McLellan
(March 2013 Edition)
Cause John Poch
(March 2013 Edition)
Snow Corinna McClanahan Schroeder
(July 2013 Edition)
Fall After Drought Ciara Shuttleworth
(September 2013)
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Best of the Net 2013 Nominations
Ghost Caleb Curtiss
(January 2013 Edition)
Hours Chloe Honum
(January 2013 Edition)
Maison Jamais Vu Jessie Janeshek
(March 2013 Edition)
The History of the Prairie Fire Michael Mlekoday
(September 2012 Edition)
All and Everything from Your Childhood is a Great Burden to You Eric Morris
(March 2013 Edition)
The Sick is an Ocean, I am Learning to Swim Jeanann Verlee
(January 2013 Edition)
Ghost Caleb Curtiss
(January 2013 Edition)
Hours Chloe Honum
(January 2013 Edition)
Maison Jamais Vu Jessie Janeshek
(March 2013 Edition)
The History of the Prairie Fire Michael Mlekoday
(September 2012 Edition)
All and Everything from Your Childhood is a Great Burden to You Eric Morris
(March 2013 Edition)
The Sick is an Ocean, I am Learning to Swim Jeanann Verlee
(January 2013 Edition)
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Best New Poets 2013 Nominations
Greek Language Lost, Two Generations Ago Brandon Amico
(November 2012 Edition)
solitude Danez Smith
(January 2013 Edition)
Greek Language Lost, Two Generations Ago Brandon Amico
(November 2012 Edition)
solitude Danez Smith
(January 2013 Edition)
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Pushcart Prize 2012 Nominations
Sometimes the Blood Goes Cold Stephanie Bryant Anderson
(July 2012 Edition)
From the Heart with Grace Hélène Cardona
(Inaugural Edition, December 2011)
A ponderous house Brooklyn Copeland
(July 2012 Edition)
During Our Marriage, We Neglected to Care for Our Livestock Lizi Gilad Silver
(September 2012 Edition)
Traveling Highway 16, British Columbia Sheila Nickerson
(November 2012 Edition)
Aubade at 12:56pm Rich Villar
(September 2012 Edition)
(July 2012 Edition)
From the Heart with Grace Hélène Cardona
(Inaugural Edition, December 2011)
A ponderous house Brooklyn Copeland
(July 2012 Edition)
During Our Marriage, We Neglected to Care for Our Livestock Lizi Gilad Silver
(September 2012 Edition)
Traveling Highway 16, British Columbia Sheila Nickerson
(November 2012 Edition)
Aubade at 12:56pm Rich Villar
(September 2012 Edition)
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Best of the Net 2012 Nominations
From the Heart with Grace Hélène Cardona
(Inaugural Edition December 2011)
Sound or Something More Kat Dixon
(January 2012 Edition)
Luxation [between frida there is no likeness] Rachel Eliza Griffiths
(March 2012 Edition)
The Tree of Fire Ada Limón
(Inaugural Edition December 2011)
The Air Is Thick As A Tongue, Jacob Rakovan
(January 2012 Edition)
Laurel Gene Amber Tamblyn
(Inaugural Edition December 2011)
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