Fifth Wednesday Journal

Highlights of the 2013 Louder Than A Bomb Poetry Slam in Chicago

Pushcart Prize XXXVIII

The editors are happy to announce the following writers have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for work published in Fifth Wednesday Journal in 2012. If selected their work will appear in the 2014 edition of Pushcart Prize XXXVIII (due out in November 2013).

Philip Appleman “Seeing Robert Wadlow” Spring 2012 Issue 10
James Carpenter “I Married Her” Spring 2012 Issue 10
Amy L. Clark “All Stop” Fall 2012 Issue 11
Camille T. Dungy “Mother daughter hour” Spring 2012 Issue 10
JoAnn Hart “Piece of History” Fall 2012 Issue 11
Bob Hicok “What the great apes refer to as a philosophy of life” Spring 2012 Issue 10
Roger Mitchell “Charles” Spring 2012 Issue 10
Achy Obejas “Trial Run” Spring 2012 Issue 10
Mary Quade “Cage” Spring 2012 Issue 10
Dave Schultz “Colt 45” Spring 2012 Issue 10
Christine Sneed “Words that Once Shocked Us” Spring 2012 Issue 10
Philip Sultz “The Arnie Stories” Fall 2012 Issue 11
Luis Alberto Urrea “Incident Report” Fall 2012 Issue 11
Jackie K. White “Night Walk 1” Fall 2012 Issue 11
Dean Young “Crying at Weddings” Spring 2012 Issue 10

We also send Fifth Wednesday Journal with our recommendations for recognition to the following popular anthologies.

Best American Essays
Best American Mystery Stories
Best American Nonrequired Reading
Best American Poetry
Best American Short Stories
Best of the West
New Stories from the Midwest
Pen / O. Henry Prize

We welcome comments and names of additional anthologies that publish prize essays, stories, and poetry selected from American literary magazines.