{"id":9243,"date":"2025-12-01T17:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/?p=9243"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:57:33","slug":"2025-pushcart-prize-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/2025\/12\/01\/2025-pushcart-prize-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Pushcart Prize Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9244\" src=\"http:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/12\/Pushcart-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Announcement of The Florida Review's 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominations.\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/12\/Pushcart-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/12\/Pushcart-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/12\/Pushcart-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/12\/Pushcart.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><i>\r\n\r\nThe Florida Review <\/i>is excited to announce our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominations:\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;In the Afterwards,&#8221;<\/strong> by Devon Halliday<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Paper Dolls of the Homestead Era,&#8221;<\/strong> by Jessica Hollander<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Life Cycle of the Common Goldfish,&#8221;<\/strong> by Michael Knight<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nonfiction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;A Cow Funeral,&#8221;<\/strong> by Sarah Beth Childers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Poetry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Inflatable Boys,&#8221;<\/strong> by A. E. Wynter<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Thinning the Peaches,&#8221;<\/strong> by Kate Partridge<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Congrats and good luck to all our nominees!<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Review is excited to announce our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominations: &nbsp; Fiction &#8220;In the Afterwards,&#8221; by Devon Halliday &#8220;Paper Dolls of the Homestead Era,&#8221; by Jessica Hollander &#8220;Life Cycle of the Common Goldfish,&#8221; by Michael Knight &nbsp; Nonfiction &#8220;A Cow Funeral,&#8221; by Sarah Beth Childers &nbsp; Poetry &#8220;Inflatable Boys,&#8221; by A. E. 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