“Touch” by Steve Adams to be reprinted in the 2014 Pushcart Prize Anthology!

Posted by The Pinch on May 19, 2013 in creative nonfiction, Pushcart Prize | No Comments

“Touch,” from the Spring 2012 issue of The Pinch (32.1), will be featured in the 2014 Pushcart Prize Anthology. It’s a brilliant essay by the always admirable Steve Adams, a two-time contributor to the magazine, and we’re proud to have played our part in sharing it with the world. We can’t say we’re surprised, because ...

Lee Sharkey’s “8×8″ to be featured in Pushcart Anthology

Posted by The Pinch on Mar 14, 2013 in contributor news, poetry, Pushcart Prize | No Comments

In 1974, Lee Sharkey bought a hundred-year-old Pearl platen press, taught herself to set type and print, and produced over the course of a long Maine winter her first poetry chapbook. It was good. The others that came after it were, too. Then, for our Spring 2012 issue (#32.1), she graced The Pinch with some ...

2012 Pushcart Nominees Announced

Posted by The Pinch on Nov 29, 2012 in creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, Pushcart Prize | No Comments

We’re excited to announce our 2012 nominations for The Pushcart Prize. For those unfamiliar, Pushcart nominations are made by small presses and literary journals, and for over three decades the winners of the prize have been featured in an annual collection. We choose our nominations through the power of pure democracy: every editor makes a ...

2009 Pushcart Nominations

Posted by The Pinch on Mar 3, 2010 in brian kitely, CNF, february 1944 tom andrews 23, fiction, poetry, Pushcart Prize | No Comments

The Pinch is proud to announce its 2009 Pushcart nominations! Fiction: “Heal” by George Singleton and “February 1944 Tom Andrews, 23″ by Brian Kitely Creative Nonfiction: “Postscript to a Postscript to ‘The Ring of Time’” by Robert Root and “The Sound of Retreat” by Steven Church Poetry: “Ghazal Without Blood” by Joshua McKinney and “To ...

2008 Pushcart Nominations

Posted by The Pinch on Feb 28, 2009 in CNF, fiction, Lee Sharkey, literary contest, On blind men metaphor and how she got to california in the first place, poetry, Pushcart, Pushcart Prize, the pinch, Uncategorized, “How To Work a Locker Room” | No Comments

2008 Pushcart Prize Nominations: Fiction- Garth Risk Hallberg, “Castaways” Nason Smith, “Breakaway Diver” Creative Nonfiction- Tita Ramirez, “On Blind Men, Metaphor, and How She Got to California in the First Place” Michelle Seaton, “How to Work a Locker Room” Poetry- Lee Sharkey, “Timor Mortis” Allison Joseph, “Trace Particles”