Prizes

In 2025, we decided to nominate for Best Small Fictions as well. Our nominees are:

“Strawberries” by Cole Davies
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/04/13/strawberries/

“Catching Z’s” by Ari Blatt
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/01/30/catching-zs/

“Break Maiden” by Kelly Murashige
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/22/break-maiden/

“Incubations” by Anna Jollyette Rogers
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/incubations/

“There’s No Such Thing as Fairies” by Rachel Brittain

There’s No Such Thing as Fairies

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We are thrilled that Jessica R. Gordon’s poem “After the Fireworks” won a Pushcart in 2025 and will be included in the anthology.

After the Fireworks

We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, the highest literary honor we can.
The nominations for 2025 are:

Poetry
“Midwest, Early Winter” by Nicholas Olah
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/01/12/midwest-early-winter/

“Improv” by DJ Lee
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/30/improv/

“This Place is Called The Body of Christ” by Azalea Aguilar
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/13/this-place-is-called-the-body-of-christ/

“Fall Sunset” by Sarah Seybold
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/fall-sunset/

“When I Left the South” by Alyx Chandler
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/10/15/when-i-left-the-south/

Prose
“Rhetorical Questions” by Andrea Benvenuto
https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/04/24/rhetorical-questions/

The nominations for 2024 are:

Poetry
“Cough” by Priscilla Atkins

Cough

“Chanting Kaddish for my Estranged Father” by Elya Braden

Chanting Kaddish for My Estranged Father

“Museum of Light” by Maureen Clark

Museum of Light

(forthcoming in our December 2024 issue)
“I Have My Mother’s Thighs, and Other Things” by Susanna Stephens

I Have My Mother’s Thighs, and Other Things

(forthcoming in our December 2024 issue)
“tongue and cheek” by Isabel Fleck

tongue and cheek

(forthcoming in our December 2024 issue)

Prose
“My Daughter, the Volcano” by Edidiong Uzoma Essien

My Daughter, the Volcano

The nominations for 2023 are:

Poetry:
“For Robert O’Donnell” by Megan Mary Moore

For Robert O’Donnell

“Collect for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist” by C. Henry Smith

Collect for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist

“The Worried Women Odes” by Melissa McEver Huckabay

The Worried Woman Odes

“You Have Cancer” by Stacy R. Nigliazzo

You Have Cancer

Prose
“East Dallas, Texas” by Alejandra Pena

East Dallas, Texas

“What We Lost Along the Way” by Scott Pomfret

What We Lost Along the Way

The nominations for 2022 are:

Poetry:
“Lost” by Nina Clements

Lost

“Pomegranate” by Anna Gayle

pomegranate

“Tooth Fairy” by Catherine Arra

Tooth Fairy

“Halfbreed Helene Goes to the Beach” by Sarah A. Chavez

Halfbreed Helene Goes to the Beach

Prose:
“Bunnies” by Gina Twardosz

Bunnies

“Waves” by Rachel Lloyd

Waves