2023 Pushcart Prize Nominations

We are excited to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations for this year!

Marie-Helene Bertino - “Viola in Midwinter” (fiction, Issue 12)
Brittany Cavallaro - “Late to the Party” (poetry, Issue 12)
Jessica Cuello - “Beauty” (poetry, Issue 12)
Rebecca Hazelton - “The Husband Proposes” (poetry, Issue 12)
Emily Neuberger - “The Unicorn” (fiction, Issue 12)
Lisa Olstein - “The Host” (poetry, Issue 12)

Verse Daily Feature - "What Do You Do for a Living?" by Hadara Bar-Nadav

“full-time hiding myself inside the sticky cocoon of my day full-time chewing my skull from the inside out while hanging by a thread full-time raising my little white flag full-time not transforming into any winged thing”

Thanks again to Verse Daily for today’s feature of “What Do You Do for a Living?” (BR Issue 11) by Hadara Bar-Nadav.

Read the full poem here: http://www.versedaily.org/2023/whatdoyoudoforaliving.shtml

Verse Daily Feature - "Death Arrives on a Pale Horse" by John Gallaher

“It could be stress. It could be an infestation in our evergreens.
It could be the dead walking single file over our rooftops
all night, lightly, or stomping.”

Thanks so much to Verse Daily for featuring “Death Arrives on a Pale Horse” (BR Issue 11) by John Gallaher.

Read the full poem here: http://www.versedaily.org/2023/deatharrivesonapalehorse.shtml

Poetry Daily Feature - "An Instant of Immortality Primer" by Zang Di, translated by Eleanor Goodman

“I enter from this side, and the dark is the direction of darkness
as though in the heaviness of loss
the dark also offers the benevolence of darkness”

Thanks to Poetry Daily for featuring Zang Di’s “An Instant of Immortality Primer,” translated by Eleanor Goodman, from Bennington Review Issue 7 as their “Poem of the Day” today!

Read the full poem here:
https://t.co/Jxnyb836li

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Solidarity and Action

Bennington Review stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, with the anti-racist protestors in the streets of our country, and with the battle against systemic racism. We condemn America's history and enduring practice of oppressing and subjugating Black Americans. We remain dedicated in our editorial practices to championing and celebrating the work of marginalized voices. We affirm Bennington College's statement of Solidarity and Action: https://www.bennington.edu/news-and-features/solidarity-and-action

December 8th in New York City! An evening of Lorca's poetry.

Join us on December 8th in NYC for an evening of Lorca’s poetry. Laura García-Lorca will discuss Lorca’s legacy, and there will be bilingual readings of Lorca’s work by Maria Howe, Richie Hoffmann, Honor Moore, Peg Boyers, Sheila Maldonado, Sarah Arvio, Francisco Aragón, Luis Muñoz, and Joseph Fasano.

Tickets are $25 and must be reserved in advance. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

More info and tickets: http://newyorkzencenterforcontemplativecare.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/component/events/event/108

Co-sponsored by:
Knopf, The Cortland Review, American Poetry Review, Civitella Ranieri, Salmagundi, Fundación Federica García Lorca, Bennington Review, and The Unamuno Author Series

Event details:
December 8th, 7 p.m.
The New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
119 West 23rd Street, Suite 401
New York, NY

NEW FEATURE: Print Literary Journals in conversation with Bennington Review →

This past May, our editorial staff interviewed editors of other literary journals to discuss print literary culture in 2019 and the editorial visions of their respective magazines. Enjoy these interviews, and consider reading and subscribing to these excellent journals as well!

-Katrina Turner
Managing Editor, Bennington Review

EMILY PETTIT, Editor of jubilat
in conversation with Amayi Anders

ADAM ROSS, Editor of The Sewanee Review
in conversation with Carling Berkhout

JAMES ALLEN HALL, Editor-in-Chief and Poetry Editor of Cherry Tree
in conversation with Wendy Ferguson

WAYNE MILLER, Editor and Managing Editor
of Copper Nickel
in conversation with Fiona Kobasz

STEPHEN COREY, Editor of The Georgia Review
in conversation with Ruby McCallum

GEOFFREY BROCK, Editor-in-Chief
of The Arkansas International
in conversation with Jesse Osborne

LEAH HAMPTON, Editor-in-Chief
of Bat City Review
in conversation with Maddie Pasquale

ANTHONY VARALLO, Fiction Editor of Crazyhorse
in conversation with Jacob Sanders

JODEE STANLEY, Editor and Fiction Editor
of Ninth Letter
in conversation with Justin Shea

JENNIFER ACKER, Editor-in-Chief of The Common
in conversation with Makenna Sutter-Robinson