Hope
"Miracles are all around us. We just have to slow down long enough to be aware of their presence. The miraculous is an engine for hope."
Lily C. Buday
"It was common knowledge that Ms. Delphine Temple loved the suicide girls—the drowned ones especially."
Vanessa Hemingway
"Ever since Michael had started working as an aide at Redwood Psychiatric three months ago, he had wanted to lead these poor people together in prayer."
Adam Zhou
"Back when we used to live in the bungalow next to the graveyard, I had a ritual. Every night after dinner, I sat on Yeye’s rocking chair on the veranda, listening for any sign of footsteps."
Pushcart
Nominees
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize that publishes poetry, fiction, essays nominated by small presses.
Vince Reighard
"Center field can be a lonely place. Surrounded by an acre and a half of grass, most of the time you have no one to talk to, and nothing much to do, except plant your hands on your knees and try to look tough."