An independent, hybrid lit mag/art zine. Each month, we create a custom-illustrated zine featuring original fiction or poetry. We then hand-address and mail them to our print subscribers, who help support our goal of paying every contributor.

Frame it on your wall, store it on your bookshelf, or tuck it in your wallet like a picture of your children—either way, the story literally unfolds with the page.

Basically what it says in the title. Our top most bookmarked fee-free lit mags that nominate for the Pushcart Prize.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize (and Don’t Charge Fees)

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Online publications putting forward exceptional short stories for Best of the Net.

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A targeted resource for short story placements with potential for Pushcart recognition.

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Digital publications advancing very short fiction for Best of the Net consideration.

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Best Microfiction, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, celebrates the art of the extremely brief narrative. These publications have editorial teams with particular sensitivity to the craft.

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Identifies publications that put forward outstanding online work for this respected digital anthology established in 2006.

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Literary Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

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Digital publications nominating outstanding essays and creative nonfiction for Best of the Net.

Nonfiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Highlights publications that regularly put forward essays, memoirs, and other creative nonfiction for Pushcart consideration.

Nonfiction Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

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Paranoid Tree Press

General call

As members of this Minnesota community, as the children of immigrants, and as creatives in this time when the arts are being undervalued and underfunded, our Paranoid Tree co-founders and editors firmly stand against the current presidential administration and the occupation of our state by the illegal practices of the ICE and DHS enforcement. The criminal activities of ICE and Border Patrol, including murder, kidnapping, harassment, and terrorism, have caused resounding pain and harm throughout our Minnesota community. The occupation isn't over, and neither are the heroic and compassionate efforts our neighbors have taken to show up for one another. While the effects of this moment will continue to radiate, we stand strong with the abolitionist work of our community organizers. Abolish ICE! And fuck this administration! 

We want to hear from our people: Please send us your stories, your poetry, your mini essays, your dreams for what our community can be, and your reflections on the hardships we've faced together. This chapbook is to commemorate and celebrate our strength, learnings, and experiences in this reality. 

The project: Paranoid Tree will publish 10 micro-stories and poems in a special-edition custom-illustrated chapbook. The chapbook will be printed via risograph, as well as published digitally via our website. The title of the collection will stem from the pieces we publish. 

Anyone currently based within the state of Minnesota
Anyone aged 14 or older
People of color, and/or of Native and immigrant communities are strongly encouraged to submit

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