It's that time of year again, when NightBallet Press must choose from all the excellent manuscripts published in this past year to make nominations for the Pushcart Prize.
As always, it's extremely difficult to narrow the selections to only six nominations. NBP believes that every single one of its poets deserves the Prize, and if possible, we would heap awards and accolades on each one of you and your amazing and exciting poetry collections.
However, rules are rules, and with much soul-searching (and hair-tearing), these are NBP's six nominations for the 2015 Pushcart Prize:
Jennifer Hambrick—“Painting Lizards Orange” from Lipsmack! A Sampler Platter of Poets from NBP Year 3
Tsaurah Litzky—“Chicken Livers” from Jerry in the Bardo
Heather McNaugher—“The Outsiders” from Lipsmack! A Sampler Platter of Poets from NBP Year 3
Joey Nicoletti—“ To Diane di Prima” from Shadow Traffic
Amanda Oaks—“How to Pick Up the Pieces” from Hurricane Mouth
George Wallace—“Riding with Boom Boom” from Riding with Boom Boom
Please join with NBP in congratulating these wonderful poets, and wish them luck in the Pushcart Prize judging process!
This year, in addition to nominations for the Pushcart Prize, NBP has made nominations for the Ohioana Book Award, as well.
The following books have been sent to the Ohioana Library* in Columbus, Ohio, and have been nominated by NBP for the Ohioana Book Award:
In Brilliant Explosions Alone by Steve Brightman
The Eater of the Absurd by John Burroughs
As the Caffeine Kicks In by Christopher Franke
Blossoms by Alex Gildzen
Unscathed by Jennifer Hambrick
Unfinished by Jack McGuane
The Green World by Andy Roberts
Mosaic by Margie Shaheed
Selected Regions of the Moon by J. E. Stanley
and
Songs in the Key of Cleveland, published by Crisis Chronicles Press
Please join with NBP in congratulating the authors of these books, and wish them luck in the Ohioana Book Award judging process!
(*Please note: If you are an Ohioan, or if you have resided in Ohio for five or more years, your book has already been, or will be, placed in the Ohioana Library's permanent collection in Columbus, Ohio. Only the books they've received this past year are eligible for Book Award nominations. We are working hard to make sure the Library receives copies of all Ohio-based or Ohio-connected books published by NBP.)
Once again, to all the NightBallet Press poets, I wish we could nominate every poet, every poem, every book. I am honored and humbled to have had the opportunity to publish your wonderful words. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
