Split Rock Review and Split Rock Press are thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2023 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. Congratulations to these Split Rockers and all the nominees this year!

Split Rock Review Nominees

Sarah Kotchian — “Count”

Martha Silano — “Once,”

John Wojtowicz — “Confessions of an Illegal Turtle Keeper”

David M. Brunson — “Removal”

Emry Trantham — “Three Raccoons”

Stacey R. Forbes — “Flying north, a war story”

Split Rock Press Nominees

DJ Hills — “Leaving Louisiana,” “It’s Monday and I Don’t Have HIV,” and “Leaving Baltimore” from Leaving Earth.

Rebecca Macijeski — “stopped clocks,” “small house,” and “what she thinks of me” from Autobiography.