Acumen Literary Magazine is delighted to announce our nominees for the 2024 Pushcart Prize

The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series has been published every year since 1976 and is considered the most honoured literary project in America.

Magazines and presses from around the world can nominate up to a total of six pieces. For the 2024 prize Acumen nominations are:

Acumen 105 January 2023
‘Like Sunrise’ by Elaine Jarvest Miller
‘Spotted Woodpecker’ by Michael Greavy

Acumen 106 May 2023
‘The Moonlit Lakes of John Atkinson Grimshaw’ by Anthony Lawrence

Acumen 107 September 2023
‘Small Silver-Plated Rhinoceros State on Felt-Bottomed Wooden Base’ by Molly Tamarkin
‘Intrusion’ by Alison Chisholm
‘Here You Are’ by Kim Moore


Please congratulate our nominees and wish them lots of luck!

Pushcart expect to announce the results in May 2024, http://www.pushcartprize.com/