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Story-focused publications with works chosen for Pushcart Prize anthologies. Selection indicates exceptional quality, as less than 5% of nominated fiction typically makes it into the anthology. These journals have consistently identified stories that stand out among thousands of nominations.

Fiction Magazines Featured in Pushcart Prize Anthologies

Essay-focused publications with works selected for Pushcart Prize anthologies. The Pushcart increasingly celebrates innovative nonfiction, with essays often comprising nearly a third of each anthology. These journals have repeatedly identified nonfiction that resonates with Pushcart editors and readers.

Nonfiction Magazines Featured in Pushcart Prize Anthologies

Verse-centered publications with poems chosen for Pushcart Prize anthologies. Poetry selections represent the most competitive category, with thousands of nominations for roughly 30 slots annually. These journals have consistently identified poems that stand out in this intensely competitive field.

Poetry Magazines Featured in Pushcart Prize Anthologies

Publications with pieces chosen for, or mentioned in, Pushcart Prize anthologies.

Lit Mags Featured in Pushcart Prize Anthologies

Callaloo

Callaloo is a journal devoted to creative work by and critical studies of the work of African Americans and peoples of African descent throughout the African Diaspora. We accept original submissions of scholarly articles, book reviews, interviews, creative nonfiction essays, short fiction, poetry, and visual art. Studies of life and culture in the Black world are also published regularly in Callaloo, as is wide-ranging cultural criticism. General submissions are open from September 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026. 
All manuscripts must be double-spaced (except poetry) and submitted as a Word (.doc or .docx) or .rtf document. Identifying information, including the author's name, address, phone number, and email address, should not be included in the manuscript, submission title, or the file name. We suggest that prose manuscripts not exceed 6,000 words (excluding the abstract and references in the case of scholarly articles), although we will consider submissions of up to 10,000 words if the piece truly merits the length. All manuscripts should follow the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing and include a works cited and endnotes, not footnotes. Callaloo's Style Guidelines can be downloaded here.
Poetry submissions are limited to no more than six poems at a time (all in a single document) with a maximum of twelve poems by an author per calendar year. Additional poems (unless requested by an editor) will automatically be declined. 
Prose submissions are limited to one manuscript per submission with a maximum of three submissions by an author each calendar year. Additional prose submissions (unless requested by an editor) will automatically be declined.
Artwork must include the following information: title of piece, year created, media, dimensions (in inches), location of the piece.
We do not accept any unsolicited material that has been previously published. 
Please do not send revisions during the time your manuscript is being reviewed; those revisions will not be considered during the review process.
Authors will be contacted after the review process, which takes from two to six months, on average. Please do not query about the status of your submission until six months have passed.

General Submissions - Fiction

General Submissions - Creative Nonfiction & Book Reviews

Callaloo is a journal devoted to creative work by and critical studies of the work of African Americans and peoples of African descent throughout the African Diaspora. We accept original submissions of scholarly articles, book reviews, interviews, creative nonfiction essays, short fiction, poetry, and visual art. Studies of life and culture in the Black world are also published regularly in Callaloo, as is wide-ranging cultural criticism. General submissions are open from December 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026.
All manuscripts must be double-spaced (except poetry) and submitted as a Word (.doc or .docx) or .rtf document. Identifying information, including the author's name, address, phone number, and email address, should not be included in the manuscript, submission title, or the file name. We suggest that prose manuscripts not exceed 6,000 words (excluding the abstract and references in the case of scholarly articles), although we will consider submissions of up to 10,000 words if the piece truly merits the length. All manuscripts should follow the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing and include a works cited and endnotes, not footnotes. Callaloo's Style Guidelines can be downloaded here.
Poetry submissions are limited to no more than six poems at a time (all in a single document) with a maximum of twelve poems by an author per calendar year. Additional poems (unless requested by an editor) will automatically be declined. 
Prose submissions are limited to one manuscript per submission with a maximum of three submissions by an author each calendar year. Additional prose submissions (unless requested by an editor) will automatically be declined.
Artwork must include the following information: title of piece, year created, media, dimensions (in inches), location of the piece.
We do not accept any unsolicited material that has been previously published. 
Please do not send revisions during the time your manuscript is being reviewed; those revisions will not be considered during the review process.
Authors will be contacted after the review process, which takes from two to six months, on average. Please do not query about the status of your submission until six months have passed.

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