The Pushcart Prize

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The Pushcart Prize

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Submissions open on 1 October 2025

Submissions close on 1 December 2025

Award Eligibility and Criteria for Entry

The nominations may be any combination of poetry, short stories, essays, memoirs or stand-alone excerpts from novels. 

We do not accept nominations via email. Please send one copy of each work. Please do not send entire books or journals

Nominations must have been published (or scheduled to be published) in the current calendar year. No entry fee or rom to fill out.

No monetary prize only recognition



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