Anthology Presence

Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses
2019 – Special Mention – Corey Van Landingham, “On the Theory of Descent”
2017 – Inclusion – Alex Dimitrov, “Cocaine”

Best American Poetry
2018 – Inclusion – Nkosi Nkululeko, “Skin Deep”

Best American Nonrequired Reading
2014 – Notable Selection – Z.Z. Boone, “The Buddy System” (Prose)
2014 – Notable Selection – Elizabeth Martin, “Too Small Yet” (Prose)

Best New Poets Anthology
2018 – Inclusion – Destiny O. Birdsong, “ode to my body”
2018 – Inclusion – K Ming Chang, “Conversion Therapy”
2018 – Inclusion – T.J. McLemore, “Desert Triptych”
2017 – Inclusion – Christina Im, “Meanwhile in America”
2016 – Inclusion – Moriah Cohen, “Snow Downgraded to Nuisance…”
2015 – Inclusion – Ian Burnette, “Harvests”

Poetry Daily
September 29, 2019 – Ama Codjoe, “Father of the Empty Bowl”
April 5, 2019 – Rachel Mennies, “July 16, 2016”
January 9, 2019 – Kyle G. Dargan, “Separating”
December 21, 2018 – K Ming Chang, “Letter from My Grandmother in Tsingtao”
April 6, 2016 – Sarah Rose Nordgren, “Kindling”

The Best of the Net Anthology
2018 – Inclusion – Hayan Charara, “Apokaluptein” (Poetry)
2018 – Inclusion – Krys Malcolm Belc, “Check My ID” (Nonfiction)
2017 – Finalist – Kayleb Rae Candrilli, “This House is Obvious” (Nonfiction)
2016 – Inclusion – Jenny Xie, “Bone Meal” (Fiction)
2016 – Finalist – Fatimah Asghar, “Mother” (Poetry)
2015 – Finalist – Zach VandeZande, “Accord” (Fiction)
2014 – Inclusion – Madeleine Cravens, “Girls and Boys: Growing Up…” (Nonfiction)
2014 – Inclusion – Richie Hofmann, “Midwinter” (Poetry)

The Best Small Fictions Anthology
2019 – Inclusion – Aimee Parkison, “As Petals Fall On Asphalt Roads”
2019 – Inclusion – Joanna Pearson, “Tiny House”
2019 – Inclusion – Aysegul Savas, “The Wardrobe”
2017 – Inclusion – Allegra Hyde, “Lowry Hill”
2017 – Inclusion – Alex McElroy, “A Man and a Man”

Bettering American Poetry
2018 – Inclusion – Maggie Smith, “Slipper”

Wigleaf: The Top 50 Very Short Fictions Anthology
2019 – Longlist – Joanna Pearson, “Tiny House”
2019 – Longlist – Aysegul Savas, “The Wardrobe”
2018 – Inclusion – Amanda Haag, “Emergency Garden”
2017 – Longlist – Sara Brody, “At the Santa Monica Pier”
2017 – Longlist – Barrett Warner, “Three Men and One Dead Animal”
2016 – Longlist – Meghan Tear Plummer, “The Trigger”
2015 – Longlist – Erin Entrada Kelly, “Josephine March Sighs With You”
2015 – Longlist – Mary Sheffield, “How to Keep Animals from Defecating…”

The Orison Anthology
2019 – Inclusion – Rachel Mennies, “July 16, 2016”
2017 – Inclusion – Chelsea Dingman, “Morning Benedictions with Dead Baby Syndrome”
2015 – Inclusion – Jenny Molberg, “Echolocation”

Verse Daily
March 25, 2019 – Lisa Russ Spaar, Issue Twenty-Eight (Web Weekly Series)
September 10, 2018 – Jericho Brown, Issue Twenty-Six (Web Weekly Series)
May 22, 2018 – Kai Carlson-Wee, Issue Sixteen
January 29, 2018 – D. A. Powell, Issue Twenty-Four (Web Weekly Series)
October 6, 2017 – Matthew Minicucci, Issue Twelve
August 7, 2017 – William Evans, Issue Twenty-One (Web Weekly Series)
June 13, 2016 – Catherine Pierce, Issue Sixteen (Web Weekly Series)
January 11, 2016 – Diana Khoi Nguyen, Issue Fourteen (Web Weekly Series)
July 6, 2015 – Joseph Fasano, Issue Twelve (Web Weekly Series)
June 1, 2015 – Diane Glancy, Issue Five
April 6, 2015 – Alexis Pope, Issue Eleven (Web Weekly Series)
January 19, 2015 – Brian Bender, Issue Ten (Web Weekly Series)
July 7, 2014 – Talin Tahajian, Issue Nine (Web Weekly Series)
March 3, 2014 – James Grinwis, Issue Eight (Web Weekly Series)
February 20, 2014 – Michael Tyrell, Issue Seven
February 19, 2014 – Matthew Rohrer, Issue Seven
February 18, 2014 – Rob Talbert, Issue Seven
February 17, 2014 – Shelley Whitaker, Issue Seven
October 27, 2013 – Tasha Cotter, Issue Four

Plain China: Best Undergraduate Writing Anthology
Contributions will be linked as they are added to the Plain China website.

Poetry:
2019 – K Ming Chang, “Girl on Girl on Fire”
2018 – Rachel Cruea, “Nina Simone Tells Me What I Will Lose, Mainly You”
2017 – Alex Zhang, “Sugarcane”
2016 – Mehul Bhagat, “Reincarnation”
2016 – Blaike Marshall, “No More Young Mothers Smoking Cigarettes…”
2014 – Ian Burnette, “Harvests”
2014 – Talin Tahajian, “Farm Boys”
2013 – Canese Jarboe, “Lunar Sonnet”
2013 – Charles McCrory, “Three Months Sober”
2013 – Da’Shawn Mosley, “Boy”
2013 – Jacob Oet, “Hookey”
2013 – Amber Rambharose, “On the Nights My Lover Dreams of Drowning”

Prose:
2018 – Charity Young, “Sabratha”
2017 – Polina Solovyeva, “Mokita”
2017 – Christina Sun, “The Nudist on Pine Street”
2015 – Rachael Allen, “Chicken Marsala with Hawaiian Black Lava Sea Salt…”
2015 – Jackson Burgess, “Haunt”
2014 – Madeleine Cravens, “Girls and Boys: Growing Up in Four Parts”
2014 – Catherine Mosier-Mills, “The Practical Applications of Calculus”
2013 – Lily Fishman, “The Beach”
2013 – Elizabeth Martin, “Too Small Yet”

Art:
2019 – Brian Oldham, “from Eternity”
2017 – Qintong Li, “Overloading”
2017 – Ekta Suri, “Sterile”
2016 – Erin Lee, “H2O”
2016 – Erin Lee, “Lost Time”
2014 – Madeline Rile Smith, “Chimera”
2013 – Lathan Vargason, “Map“