The Editorial Team
at
The BeZine
proudly announces
our nominations
for this year’s
Pushcart Prizes!
From Spring 2021 —
“Fierce Wind” by Subhaga Crystal Bacon — ToC title: “Before the Plague…”
Poem
“One Woman Leads to Another” by Judy DeCroce —
Poem
From Summer 2021 —
“Shoulder-to-Shoulder” by Roger Hare —ToC: B-Side Shoulders | 2 poems
Poem
“Imperfect Tense” by Darrell Petska —ToC: Imperfect Willow Why
Poem
From Fall 2021 —
“Consumed” by Adrienne Stevenson
Poem
“Nowadays” by Melodie Corrigall
Fiction
Follow the links
to read their work!
In 2018 Jamie Dedes, our founding editor of blessed memory, planned to nominate writers for our issues to the Pushcart Prize. For reasons of her declining health, and by late 2018 my own emerging health issues that turned out to be lymphoma, we did not manage to make those nominations. Or, if Jamie did, I have not found an indication of it and don’t recall it. Three years later, after Jamie’s passing and my own treatment and recuperation from lymphoma, not to mention the (ongoing) pandemic…we have what I believe are our first Pushcart nominations.
We found the selection process difficult, because so many of the contributions to The BeZine this year have been powerful, strong writing. We can only nominate six. We feel honored to have had so many good choices to select from, and with respect for the many not named above, we are honored to present the six pieces listed above as our Pushcart Prize nominees. The BeZine wishes all of the writers well in the Pushcart Press selection process.
Next year, we will do this again.
On behalf of the rest of the editorial team, who supported and participated in the selection process:
John Anstie, Associate Editor
Corina Ravenscraft, Art Editor
Chrysty Hendrick, Copy Editor
—Michael Dickel, Editor
The BeZine 