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VQR Work Nominated for 6 Pushcart Prizes
We’re very happy to announce that five VQR contributors have been nominated for a total of 6 Pushcart Prizes this year. They are:
Marian Palaia
For her short story Củ Chi (Fall 2012)
Victoria Chang
For her poetry suite in the Fall 2012 issue, and also specifically for “Edward Hopper’s New York Office”
Camille Dungy
For her poem “One to Watch and One to Pray” (Fall 2012)
Roxane Gay
For her essay “Bad Feminist” (Fall 2012)
Elliott Woods
For his reported piece on Burma, “The Last Happy Skull” (Summer 2012)
For easy reading, click here for a Readlist of all the pieces mentioned above, which you can save or export to a reading device of your choosing.
Congratulations to these writers and poets, and best of luck to all nominees.
Jane Friedman is the web editor of VQR; in a prior life, she was the publisher of Writer’s Digest. She speaks frequently at publishing industry conferences on how the digital age is affecting writers and authorship. She’s active on Twitter (@JaneFriedman) and Google Plus.