2023 Pushcart Short Story Nominations

One of the coolest things we get to do each year is nominate short stories we have published for awards. We just submitted the following stories we have (or will) publish for the Pushcart Prize.

Here are the stories we submitted for the 2023 Pushcart Short Story Award.

Drag Brunch: Hannah's gay friend is excluded from her bachelorette party. (November, 2023)(Written by Mark Bessen)
The Pool: A good-willed apartment complex owner deals with ever-complaining tenants as she attempts community improvements. (September, 2023) (Written by Celia Lisset Alvarez)
Final Determination: A murder victim is waiting in the afterlife and is given the chance to decide to the eternal fate of her recently deceased killer. (May, 2023) (Written by Lea Pounds)
Playing God: Jack is abducted by the Zoomarians who ask him to play God, and fix the moral failings of humanity. (April, 2023) (Written by Ilan Herman)
Glad All Over: An elderly man helps his fellow season-ticket holder with his existential crisis with philosophy lessons. (March, 2023) (Written by Lee Dawkins)
One Hour: A journalist interviews the owner of a strange restaurant and has a meal that causes him to question his life. (January, 2023) (Written by Todd Sullivan)

All these stories, and many others, are available to our magazine subscribers who, with a paid subscription, get access to our entire library of back publications for 2023 and all previous years.