We are thrilled to announce the following poets have been put nominated for a Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Press Awards, for poetry published in 2025.
2025 Nominees:
Click on the poem titles below to read these beautiful poems (and why we chose them):
- “Rejection Speech” by Flavian Mark Lupinetti, from The Pronunciation Part (The Poetry Box, February 2025)
- “Leaf Fall” by Carolyn Martin, from Splitting the World Open (The Poetry Box, March 2025)
- “What a performance is” by John L. Miller, from Andes (The Poetry Box, May 2025)
- “Loowitlatkla” by Christine Colasurdo from There Is Always a Volcano Before You: Poems for Mount St. Helens and the Cascade Range (The Poetry Box, November 2025)
- “Sacred Ground” by Kristin Roedell from Lessons in Buoyancy (The Poetry Box, December 2025)
- “In the Assisted Living Home” by Debbie Hall from Mixtape: Marginal States (The Poetry Box, December 2025)
We wish all of these talented poets the best of luck!
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