Pushcart Nominees 2022

Iron Horse Literary Review is pleased to announce our six Pushcart Prize nominees for 2022:

Nonfiction/Hybrid

Lindsey Drager, "In Defense of Optimism" (forthcoming Fall 2022, 24.3)

Poetry Laboni Islam, "Pineapple" (Winter 2022, 24.1) Katie Hartsock, "Glucose Tablets" (Winter 2022, 24.1) Bryana Joy, "Summer of the Oystercatchers" (Spring 2022, NaPoMo)

Fiction

Ryan Habermeyer, "The Algorithms of Happiness" (forthcoming Fall 2022, 24.3)

Kim Coleman Foote, "Mama's Boy" (Winter 2022, 24.1)

Congratulations to the nominees!

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We are currently open for submissions.

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