Nominees for the Pushcart Prize from the minnesota review

The minnesota review has just announced their nominees for the 2012 Pushcart Prize! The Pushcart Prize is a literary prize that honors the best poetry, short fiction, and essays published by small presses. The six works nominated from the minnesota review have been made freely available to view. Click on the titles below to read the nominee's work:

Barrett Bowlin, "But I Can Only Do It Once"
Paul Robert Chesser, "The Widening Gyre"
Keith Leonard, "A Brief History of Fiction"
Maxim T. Loskutoff, "The Dancing Bear"
Christa Romanosky, "Gutter"
Margot Schilpp, "Casualties"

Be sure to check the the minnesota review blog in a few weeks for the announcement of the winner! Best of luck to all the nominees!