Sparks of Calliope is pleased to announce its nomination of “My Father Remembers” by Laurie Kuntz has been selected for inclusion in Pushcart Prize XLIX (2025). Sparks of Calliope endeavors to nominate six poems each year for the annual Pushcart Prize. Our latest nominations are for our best poems published in 2023.
Pushcart Prize Nominations: Best Poems Published in 2024
No Pushcart Prize nominations were submitted by Sparks of Calliope for the 2024 calendar year. Check out our Best of the Net nominations, which include talented poets published in the first half of 2024.
Pushcart Prize Nominations: Best Poems Published in 2023
“Lessons in Love” by Susan Jarvis Bryant
“My Father Remembers” by Laurie Kuntz*
“Not Killing a Spider” by Philip A. Lisi
* (Winner, included in Pushcart Prize XLIX (2025 edition).)
Pushcart Prize Nominations: Best Poems Published in 2022
No Pushcart Prize nominations were submitted by Sparks of Calliope for the 2022 calendar year. Check out our Best of the Net nominations, which include talented poets published in the first half of 2022.
Pushcart Prize Nominations: Best Poems Published in 2021
“The Memory of a Star” by Evita Arakelian
“Left Hand Bottom Corner” by Liz Bennett
“Sonnet on a Shore” by David Gosselin
“Past Death” by Stephen Kingsnorth
“The Artist Observes a Dead Tree” by R. Nikolas Macioci
Pushcart Prize Nominations: Best Poems Published in 2020
“COVID Dispatch” by Charlie Brice
“An Art Deco Version of the Panama Canal” by William Doreski
“The Rothko Room” by Anca Rotar
“Pan de Sal” by Chelsea Samson
“Ancestry… for my mother” by Karen Shepherd
“Between Love and Madness” by Deborah L. Staunton
Pushcart Prize Nominations: Best Poems Published in 2019
“Playing Tennis with My Ex” by Diane Elayne Dees
“Disgruntled Thoughts after a Fruitless Summer of Job Hunting” by Linda Ferguson
“From Your Lover in the Middle East” by John Grey
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