Browse the Best of Rivet

One of the greatest things about working on Rivet is that it gives us the opportunity to signal boost unique and powerful writers. We do this not just by publishing them here on the journal but also by putting their work in front of prize committees at the national level. We nominate Rivet authors’ work for influential competitions and make sure that awarding organizations peruse Rivet when selecting works for consideration. Though we have not yet been selected for a major award by the powers that be, I hope you will exercise your power to support these authors. Choose one of the extraordinary authors below and give them a read.  —Liana

Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses

Nominees

The Fog Museum by Alexander Danner — fiction

Self-Defense by Simon Shieh — poetry

Mom Speaks on What Sold at Auction by Christina Holzhauser — nonfiction

Mama Said He Said by Signe E. Land — poetry

The Ashtray by Beth Weeks — fiction

A Study in Light and Longing by Erin Slaughter — nonfiction

Love Letters to Vegas by Sofía Margarita López –  fiction

fleshy and feral  by Tomas Moniz  –  poetry

What to Do When Grandma Has Dementia by Larry Handy  –  nonfiction

Africa Safari Journal (in Haiku) (with Footnotes) by Mindela Ruby  –  poetry

What I Might Carry in the Small Cave of My Mouth by MK Chavez  –  poetry

Dr. Gorgonzola of the Ripening Caves by Tantra Bensko  –  fiction

Every Bird Casts a Shadow – Alexandra N. Kontes  –  flash fiction

Wigleaf: Best flash fiction on the Web

2016 Longlisted

Meeting by Lael Gold – flash fiction

Vacation by Stephanie Golisch  –  flash fiction

Every Bird Casts a Shadow – Alexandra N. Kontes – flash fiction

Reader’s Picks

Three Poems by MK Chavez  –  poetry

The Ashtray by Beth Weeks   –  fiction

Jesus Murmurs to His Lover, Half-Asleep by Marya Hornbacher  –  poetry

on the beauty of urinals & bodies by tomas moniz  –  nonfiction

Phantom Architecture by Will Waller – fiction

Beige Girl Problems by Gyasi Byng  –  nonfiction

Canis Lupus Astra by Killian Czuba  – flash fiction

Getting Closer To It by Rae Hoffman – poetry

Be Fruitflies and Multiply by Danielle Susi – flash fiction

How Can I Tell You About San Francisco by Siamak Vossoughi – fiction