The Pushcart Prize, a literary series published annually, features works published in small presses, and Ninth Letter is one of those small presses. This year they’ve nominated five of their published authors from this year, one of which — Rochelle Hurt — did a reading at Pygmalion this fall.
Kyle McCord, “Envisioning My Grandfather in the Shadow of Hopper’s Lighthouse” (poetry), from Ninth Letter Web Edition, Winter 2018 (February 2018)
Patrick Nathan, “Host” (fiction), from Ninth Letter volume 15, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2018)
Rochelle Hurt, “Zombieland” (essay) from Ninth Letter volume 15, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2018)
Dylan Loring, “Despite Radically Asynchronous Work Schedules and Fetishes” (poetry) from Ninth Letter volume 15, no. 1 (print edition, May 2018)
Shangyang Fang, “Tether” (poetry), from Ninth Letter Web Edition, Summer 2018 (July 2018)
Tom Howard, “Scarecrows” (fiction), from Ninth Letter volume 15, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2018-19, forthcoming Dec. 2018)
You can purchase print editions here.