Nominations for the 2025 Pushcart Prize
Nov 11, 2024
We are thrilled to announce our nominations for the upcoming Pushcart Prize. Congratulations to our nominees, whose exceptional work has enriched our understanding of life and shaped our reflections in this challenging world.
Poetry:
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“Tonewood” by Jennifer Hambrick (pp. 5-6, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 4)
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“SCARAB” by Mariene M. Tartaglione (pp. 10-11, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. IV, No. 1)
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“The Influence of Fifteen Anxieties” by J. R. Solonche (pp. 3-5, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. IV, No. 2)
Fiction:
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“Birds of the Falls” by K. R. Segriff (pp. 12-20, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. IV, No. 1)
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“Viper/Sweet” by Jennifer Maritza McCauley (pp. 50-53, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. IV, No. 2)
Creative Nonfiction:
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“The Mark of Cain/the Chosen” by Alison Badgett (pp. 81-99, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. IV, No. 2)​
Nominations for Pushcart Prize
Nov 25, 2022
We are proud to announce our nominations for next year's Pushcart Prize. Congratulations to our nominees, and thank you to them for helping us define our memories, our thinking, and our existence in this treacherous world.
Poetry:
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“Metaphor” by Anne Raeff (p. 1, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 2)
“Headline, 4-6-22” by Hannah Marshall (p. 4, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 3)
“Afterglow” by J. R. Solonche (p. 13, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 3)
“City Limits” by James Grabill (pp. 65-68, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 3)
Fiction:
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“Buckets” by Jeff Friedman (p. 1, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 3)
“Silver Mine” by Mark Anthony Jarman (pp. 2-3, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 3)
Nominations for Pushcart Prize 2022
Nov 23, 2021
The Hong Kong Review is proud to announce our nominations for Pushcart Prize 2022. Congratulations to the nominees, whose work helps to define who we are and why we are here.
Poetry:
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“Stars Are Small Holes” by Barbara Black (pp. 18-20, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 3)
“CS Lewis Applied to Oxford, 1916” by James Sale (p. 1, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 1)
“Driving Grandson” by Gerard Sarnat (p. 57, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. III, No. 1)
Fiction:
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“First Date” by Christine Sneed (pp. 8-9, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 3)
“Nurse” by Gerald Fleming (p. 36, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 3)
“A Bird’s Gotta Fly” by Patricia L. Meek (pp. 155-173, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 4)
Nominations for The Best Small Fictions 2021
Dec 18, 2020
We are excited to announce our nominations for The Best Small Fictions 2021. Congratulations to our nominees, whose work brings light and helps to make 2020 more livable!
Flash Fiction:
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"Fire Opal" by Meg Pokrass (pp. 27-28, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 1)
"The Madison" by William Cass (pp. 14-16, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 1)
"What Would Be Lost?" by B. A. Tyrrell (pp. 100-101, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 1)
"Wolves" by Dan Sanders (pp. 115-116, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 1)
"First Date" by Christine Sneed (The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 3, coming soon)
Nominations for Pushcart Prize,
Nov 20, 2020
We at The Hong Kong Review are proud of all the marvelous work we published during this difficult year, and we would like to extend our congratulations to the six nominees for Pushcart Prize, whose work helps to shape what we are.
Poetry:
“Night Clothes” by Rose M. Smith (pp. 67-68, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 1)
“I Drive Home At Dusk In February” by Katherine Smith (p. 60, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 1)
“The Mouth of the Heart” by Knute Skinner (p. 73, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 2)
“Afterwards” by Joseph Mills (pp. 31-32, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 2)
Fiction:
“Physiology” by Taylor Larsen (pp. 146-55, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 1)
“The Ghosts” by Bruce Meyer (pp. 22-27, The Hong Kong Review, Vol. II, No. 2)
Thank you to our authors who trust The Hong Kong Review as a home for their work!
Work Anthologized
Feb 1, 2020
The Hong Kong Review is proud to announce that Neema Avashia’s creative nonfiction “Nine Forms of the Goddess,” which appears in our first issue, has been accepted into Belt Publishing’s forthcoming LGBTQ anthology. Congratulations to Neema Avashia and thank you to Belt Publishing for creating such a wonderful venue to feature LGBTQ stories from the Midwest and Appalachia.
Nominations for Pushcart Prize, Oct 2, 2019
The Hong Kong Review is proud to announce our nominations for the 2019 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses Series, an award given for works of outstanding writing and literary talent. We believe the work of our nominees reflects the values of excellence in the execution of craft that The Hong Kong Review holds in common with The Pushcart Prize.
Here are our editor's selections:
Fiction:
"Good Dog Bad Dog Story" by Deb Kennedy
Nonfiction:
"The Birds Sang Tyranny" by Fabienne Josaphat
"Scar Tissue" by Lynne Barrett
Poetry:
"I’ll Come Back as a Ghost in a Hat" by Jayme Ringleb
"December 18, 2008" by Maggie Smith
Congratulations to our nominees, and to all our talented contributors!