By Molly Roden Winter More than Stewart, my new boyfriend Nik was like my father. Nik had an air of impeccability about him. Nik was… Read More »The Soul of a New Machine: Sharing a Book—and a Secret—with My Dad
Abigail Swoboda is a poet and kindergarten teacher who lives in Philadelphia. Their short story “Dandelion-Head” is published in Capsule Stories Winter 2020 Edition and… Read More »Abigail Swoboda on Centering Intimacy in “Dandelion-Head”
Alexa Hailey is a freelance and fiction writer from Massachusetts. Her fiction work has been published in Spelk, Flash Fiction Magazine, Vamp Cat Magazine, and… Read More »Alexa Hailey on Exploring Mother-Daughter Relationships in Fiction
By Clare Diston I still haven’t read the last book my granddad ever gave me. I have tried on a few occasions, opening it up… Read More »Waiting to Read Venice by Jan Morris
Eva Lynch-Comer holds a BA in creative writing from Hamilton College, where she received the John V. A. Weaver Prize in Poetry and the Sydna… Read More »Eva Lynch-Comer on Writing About Trauma with Nuance and Strong Imagery
The Best Small Fictions is the first ever contemporary anthology solely dedicated to anthologizing the best internationally published short hybrid fiction in a given calendar… Read More »Announcing Our Best Small Fictions Nominations 2020
Kendra Nuttall is a copywriter by day and poet by night. Her work has previously appeared in Spectrum, Capsule Stories, Chiron Review, and What Rough… Read More »Kendra Nuttall on Writing About Loss in Her Poetry
By Yunya Yang I started reading The Catcher in the Rye at Atlanta Airport, waiting on my delayed red-eye flight to Chicago. I’d picked it… Read More »An Uncommon Connection: Reading The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Each year, Pushcart Press accepts nominations from magazine and small book press editors throughout the world for the Pushcart Prize. Editors can nominate poetry, essays,… Read More »Announcing Our 2020 Pushcart Prize Nominations
Claire Taylor is a writer of poetry, short fiction, and the occasional essay. She makes up stories for kids in her monthly newsletter, Little Thoughts,… Read More »Writing the Slow Burn: “Retreat” by Claire Taylor