Edited with the assistance of over 200 distinguished Contributing
Editors, including Poetry Editors Kim Addonizio and David Bottoms,
Pushcart Prize XL celebrates 65 stories, essays and poems from dozens of
little magazines and small presses. This 40th Anniversary Edition
continues as a testament to the flourishing of American literature in
our independent presses. As reviews of last year's collection have
indicated each edition of The Pushcart Prize has increased from strength
to strength: Library Journal in a starred review commented, "A
continuation of the series' noble and classic tradition."Donna Seaman
noted in Booklist, "One of the zestiest and most impressive installments
in Pushcart's proud reign as the most bountiful and exciting of literary
harvests."From previous reviews: "The Pushcart Prize has become a
literary institution...perhaps the single best measure of the state of
affairs in American literature today." - New York Times Book Review