2010 Pushcart Nominations by qarrtsiluni

Qarrtsiluni managing Editors Dave Bonta and Beth Adams have submitted six nominations for the 2010 Pushcart Prizes. While most of these fine poems will appear in subsequent print editions published by Phoenicia, Clayton Michaels' "Tantric" is from his chapbook, Watermark, currently available here!

As we often say, we have a love/hate affair with contests and awards. It's great to be able to nominate our authors, and even more wonderful when they win, but we see so much work that is deserving of greater recognition, so it's very hard to choose only a few pieces to single out. Our goal is to congratulate and encourage all writers -- but today, to give a special tip of the hat to these fine poets and their work, and to the qarrtsiluni guest editors who chose some of these poems for their issues.


“24” by Barbara Young (New Classics issue)

“Tantric” by Clayton Michaels (Watermark)

“Relics” by Sherry Chandler (Health issue)

“Sea of Stars” by Dick Jones (The Crowd issue)

“So soft his neck, so distant from the thought of stone” by Jee Leong Koh (New Classics issue)

“Apart” by Aline Soules (Chapbook Finalists 2010; originally published in The Houston Literary Review, May 2009)