Announcing Our 2021 Pushcart Nominations

Thank you to all writers who contributed their work to Lit Jo this year. I'm delighted to nominate the following authors for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. Fingers crossed for all nominees!

1. Fiction: “Hex Education” by Nicholas Barner, printed in Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Volume 6, June 2021.

2. Fiction: “Inclusion” by J. W. Huff, printed in Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Volume 6, June 2021.

3. Fiction: “Teeths” by Ron Riekki, printed in Silver Webb’s All Hallow’s Eve: The Thinning Veil, October 2021.

4. Fiction: “A Crime to a Pentacle” by Chris Casey Logsdon, printed in Silver Webb’s All Hallow’s Eve: The Thinning Veil, October 2021.

5. Fiction: “Chekov’s Gun” by Shelly Lowenkopf, printed in Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Volume 7, August 2021.

6. Poetry: “Faculty Wife” by Alexis Rhone Fancher, printed in Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Volume 6, June 2021.