Artwork by Tom Yoda
For the third consecutive year, The Missing Slate is nominating work for the Pushcart Prizes. Our previous nominations featured work from 10 different countries and translations from Bengali and Arabic. This year, our shortlist includes essays for the first time.
Our Nomination Process
Narrowing all the work we’ve published this year down to just 6 pieces was always going to be difficult, so — as usual — we’re asking for some help from our readers…
We began by asking all our editors for nominations in order to come up with a final shortlist of 12 pieces (across all eligible genres). Now we’re giving you the chance to pick our final nominations: the 6 pieces with the most votes from our readers (irrespective of genre) will be sent on to the Pushcart Press.
How to Vote
Below, you’ll find links to all 12 pieces (5 stories, 4 poems, 3 essays) on our shortlist. Read them as many times as you like, then cast your vote (the poll is located directly underneath the shortlist). Each reader is allowed to nominate up to three pieces.
The poll will be open until midnight on Sunday 15th November. If, for any reason, you’re having trouble accessing the poll, please let us know via our facebook page.
Our Shortlist
Ana Luísa Amaral, ‘About the Purest Memories, or About Light’ (translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa)
Maria Amir, ‘More than 50 Shades of Grey’
Michael C. Blumenthal, ‘A Dream of the Earth’ (Parts 1 & 2)
Julia Butschkow, ‘Jomfru Ane Gade’ (translated from Danish by Peter S. Woltemade)
Medardo Fraile, ‘Time’ (translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa)
Marcelino Freire, ‘Yamami’ (translated from Portuguese by Annie McDermott)
Sándor Jászberényi, ‘Taking Trinidad’ (translated from Hungarian by M. Henderson Ellis)
Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki, ‘The Wall’ (translated from Polish by Julia and Peter Sherwood)
Kent Monroe, ‘America the Brutalful’
Gábor Schein, ‘Preparation for the Crows’ Feast’ (translated from Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet)
Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało, ‘tangier’ (translated from Polish by Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese)
‘Amna Y. Khan’, ‘Muhammad’
