Stanchion's 2026 Pushcart Prize Nominations

This year's Pushcart Prize nominations come from two Stanchion Books chapbooks-the title story of Hannah Grieco's debut fiction collection, First Kicking, Then Not, and the final piece in Kristen Zory King's debut, Ladies, Ladies, Ladies-as well as Issues 19 and 20 of Stanchion Magazine.

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