The Spark

2016Pushcart Prize
NOMINEES

We here at Alternating Current feel that it is highly important to reward our authors with every possible chance for recognition of their fine crafts. We are pleased to announce that we are nominating our max of six pieces for the legendary Pushcart Prize, and we wish these authors the best of luck in the award process.

Christina Elaine Collins

“The Romanov Family Portrait”
Published in Footnote #1: A Literary Journal of History
(Read it here.)

Lyn Lifshin

“My Father Tells Us about Leaving Vilnius”
Published in Footnote #1: A Literary Journal of History
(Read it here.)

James O’Brien

“Gorsas’ Guillotine: A Nonfiction Narrative of Wordsworth and Carlyle”
Published in Footnote #1: A Literary Journal of History
(Read a portion of it here.)

Eric Shonkwiler

“Come to Fall”
Published in Moon Up, Past Full

Eric Shonkwiler

“For the Man after Me”
Published in Moon Up, Past Full
(Download and read it in the Sneak Peek.)

Eric Shonkwiler

“Rene”
Published in Moon Up, Past Full
(Download and read a portion of it in the Sneak Peek.)

Thanks to these authors for sharing their incredible work with us and for trusting us to share it with the rest of the world. Congratulations on the nominations.

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