Shō Poetry Journal nominates poets every year for the following honors: Best New Poets, the Pushcart Prize, and Best Spiritual Literature (Orison Books).
Nomination year: 2024
Best New Poets
Nathan Xavier Osorio – “How to Cook a Wolf” (Shō No. 4)
Eylie Sasajima – “H Mart” (Shō No. 4)
Best Spiritual Literature
Our 2024 nominees for Best Spiritual Literature will be announced in Fall 2024.
Pushcart Prize
Our 2024 nominees for the Pushcart Prize will be announced in Fall 2024.
Nomination year: 2023
Best New Poets
Ally Ang — “After ‘Prolonged Grief Disorder’ Was Added to the DSM-5” (Shō No. 3)
Sage Ravenwood — “Leonard Peltier’s Plea for Clemency” (Shō No. 3)
Best Spiritual Literature
Eliana Chow — “Bamboo Girl” (Shō No. 3)
Jo Angela Edwins — “A Tired Woman Washes Dishes” (Shō No. 3)
Sage Ravenwood — “Less Godlike” (Shō No. 3)
Bunkong Tuon — “Letter to My Unborn Son” (Shō No. 3)
Ellen June Wright — “I Am What Happens When Nature Has Its Way” (Shō No. 3)
Cooper Young — “Behind the Buddha” (Shō No. 3)
The Pushcart Prize
Ally Ang — “Against Beauty” (Shō No. 3)
Sean Thomas Dougherty — “Hanzi in the Rain” (Shō No. 3)
Andrew Payton — “Not My Country” (Shō No. 3)
Sage Ravenwood — “Leonard Peltier’s Plea for Clemency” (Shō No. 3)
Dare Williams — “My Lover Watches Their Lover Die” (Shō No. 3)
Ellen June Wright — “I Am What Happens When Nature Has Its Way” (Shō No. 3)