Gnashing Teeth Publishing

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Pushcart Prize nominees announced

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we are excited to announce our nominees for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.

on your grandmother’s farm – we delivered kids at sunrise by Keriann Gilson

After by Agnieszka Filipek

After the Storm by Jacob Butlett

Sisyphean Lament by Kirsty Niven

Weakened by Joshua Bridgwater Hamilton

The Big, Queer City by P.W. Covington

3 nominees were online and 3 were in our print anthology “Love Notes You’ll Never Read.” please join us in congratulating all of the nominees.

 

Goodnight, Taj Mahal by Andre Peltier

Deep below earth, clay and sand, deep below roots and aquifers, it lies in wait. Like that silent coyote stalking her white-tailed deer through the brush, it waits patiently and

contain by Megan Cartwright

verb past tense: contained; past participle: contained 1. have or hold (someone or something) within. Similar: hold carry To have and to hold in our own microcosm, constructed of hope.

Listening to Words by Mona Mehas

Listening to words out of touch cross lily pads, one to the next my rules, a tiny picture frame debt of honor, repay the gift. Headlights illuminate the path listening

Blooming by Elizabeth Gade

Some days are easy and some days are exhausting the days you have to dig through the muck inside take more hits than a heavyweight prize fighter cling to life

Pomegranate Rose by Laura Peña

I want to feed this delicacy To my concubine A tiny spoonful at a time I want to watch the luscious sorbet Linger on the tip of her tongue Melt

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