Mobius news

December 2023
Work from 2023 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“Gen Z” by Wess Mongo Jolley, 34:2 
Martyrs” by Sandra Kolankewicz, 34:1
Rapture” by Ken Poyner, 34:1

Nominated stories:
“Hannah” by Emily Hartzog, 34:3
“La Llorona Sky” by Erik Priedkalns, 34:3
“Sin at Michael’s” by Robert Fox, 34:2

September 2023
Poems from the preceding year that we nominated for Best of the Net:

“An American ballad by Richard Magahiz, 34:2
“American Waves” by Tricia Marcella Cimera, 33:3
“Bees Request Reclassification as Essential Workers” by E. F. Schraeder, 33:3
“Fit” by Ken Poyner, 33:3
“Rapture” by Ken Poyner, 34:1
“Refugees from the Future” by Ian Willey, 33:3

December 2022
Work from 2022 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“Lexicon” by Ken Poyner, 33:2 
Meaning” by Frederick Pollack, 33:2
Refugees from the Future” by Ian Willey, 33:3

Nominated stories:
“Aliens” by Joanna Michal Hoyt, 33:1
“Passing” by Elizabeth Alexander, 33:2
“The Fire Decree” by Sarah M. Prindle, 33:3

September 2022
Poems from the preceding year that we nominated for Best of the Net:

“What We Really Lost by Christine Potter, 32:3
“Vacation Home” by Ken Poyner, 32:4
“Revolution” by J. Stephen Rhodes, 32:4
“The Proposition” by Mike Collins, 33:1
“1.5 Degrees Celsius” by Elya Braden, 33:2
“An Inconvenient Truth” by Ian Willey, 33:2

February 2022
Mobius will henceforth appear in February, May, August, and November.

December 2021
Work from 2021 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“Stay Safe, People!” by Ian Willey, 32:2 
Getting Ready for the Grand Reopening” by Jeff Isaacson, 32:3
What We Really Lost” by Christine Potter, 32:3

Nominated stories:
“A Model Relationship” by Margaret Karmazin, 32:2
“Claire Rose” by JoAnneh Nagler, 32:2 (this story is included in a collection of JoAnneh’s short stories that just came out: Stay with Me Wisconsin, from Coyote Point Press)

September 2021
Poems from the preceding year that we nominated for Best of the Net:

“Breaking News” by Ian Willey, 31:3
“The Empress (reversed)” by Robert Beveridge, 31:3
“Explain Like I’m Five: Defund the Police” by Zebulon Huset, 31:3
“Forgotten Grace” by Mickey J. Corrigan, 31:4
“Blackout” by Daniel Romo, 32:2
“How to Read the Decameron by Michael H. Levin, 32:2

December 2020
Work from 2020 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“34 Years Later" by Mara Lee Grayson, 31:2 
“Pre-Apocalyptic Meeting Minutes" by Marissa Lingen, 31:2
“Breaking News" by Ian Willey, 31:3

Nominated stories:
“The Lavender Dynasty” by Bromme H. Cole, 31:3
“The Rosary” by Marco Etheridge, 31:1
“An Auspicious Time” by Jennifer Wang, 31:3

December 2019
Work from 2019 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“Sleep Talk,” Cameron Haramia, 30.1
“Heroin,” Dale Wisely, 30.2
“I Was Sad This Morning And Now I’m Not,” Christine Potter, 30.2

Nominated stories:
“Standing Up to Anti-Semitism,” Fred Schepartz, 30.2
“Another Group of Dark-Skinned Outsiders,” Don Kirksey, 30.1
“The Owl and the Border,” Amy Reed-Sandoval, 30.1

December 2018
Work from 2018 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“Illegal Light,” Brad Maxfield, 29.2
“Dear [Redacted],” Alexandria Herr, 29.3
“First Day of Kindergarten,” Catherine Marenghi, 29.4

September 2018
Poems from the preceding year that we nominated for Best of the Net:

<we're measuring the flow of blood> by Robin Wyatt Dunn, 28.4
“Astronomy” by Rob Carney, 29.2
“Hot Rod Lincoln" by Howie Good, 29.2
“Dear [Redacted]" by Alexandria Herr, 29.2
“Lies Men Tell" by Gila K. Berryman, 29.3
“am Ende sein” by Bruce Robinson, 29.3

December 2017
Work from 2017 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“Like a Glowing Fire, after War,” Laura Madeline Wiseman, 28.1
“Gift Horse,” Michelle Leavitt, 28.2
“After Mythology,” Samuel T. Franklin, 28.4

Nominated stories:
“The Importance of Immigration to All Americans,” Fred Schepartz, 28.1
“The Agitation,” Ken Poyner, 28.3
“Cornelia’s Song,” Fred Cohn, 28.3

December 2016
Work from 2016 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“My Son Describes the KKK Video He Saw During His Field Trip to the Museum,” Bobbie Lovell, 27.1
from “Elegy for the Scholar of Palmyra,” James McKee, 27.2
“Postcard,” John Perrault, 27.3

Nominated stories:
“A Million Lights to Dance On,” Stacey Bell, 27.2
“The Girl in the Headscarf,” George Holm, 27.4
“The Good Shepherd Lawn Care Service,” Gary Jones, 27.4

September 2016
Poems from the preceding year that we nominated for Best of the Net:

“Incoming Nukes" by Isaac Black, 26.3
“Letting the Monster Live” by Deonte Osayande, 26.3
“Leaf" by Ed Taylor, 26.4
“The Origin of Fear" by Tamer Mostafa, 26.4
“My Son Describes the KKK Video He Saw During His Field Trip to the Museum" by Bobbie Lovell, 27.1
from “Elegy for the Scholar of Palmyra” by James McKee, 27.2

December 2015
Work from 2015 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

Nominated poems
“Somalia,” Siham Karami, 26.1
“Letting the Monster Live,” Deonte Osayande, 26.2
“Leaf,” Ed Taylor, 26.4

Nominated stories:
“Just Not Possible,” Margaret Karmazin, 26.2
“Shark Fin Soup,” J. R. Gerow, 26.3

Nominated editorial
“The Objectifying of the Other and Striving to See Subjects Rather Than Objects,” Fred Schepartz, 26.2

September 2015
Poems that we nominated for Best of the Net:

"Bedtime on Independence Day," Kimberly G. Jackson, 25.3
"Sorry," Beth Cato, 25.4
"Praise Song," Stevie Edwards, 25.4
"right of return," Abraham Younes, 25.4
"Poem about Race," Emily Zhang, 26.1
"There’s a stampede at the exit; please keep calm," Jane Røken, 26.2

Nominated stories:

“Just Not Possible,” Margaret Karmazin, 26.2
“Monsters,” Tyra Kaufman, 26.1

February 2015
We are, at the tender age of twenty-five, reviewed herein:
thereviewreview.net/reviews/online-journal-celebrates-25th-anniversary-writing-s

December 2014
Poems from 2014 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

“Backhanded Apology,” Megan Falley, 25.2
“Bedtime on Independence Day,” Kimberly G. Jackson, 25.3
“Gentrification,” Deonte Osayande, 25.3
“Passive Voice,” Kathleen M. Kelley, 25.3
“Praise Song,” Stevie Edwards, 25.4
“Right of Return,” Abraham Younes, 25.4

December 2013
Poems from 2013 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

“Brief Letter in Red Lipstick Found on Windshield,” zakia henderson-brown, 24.1
“Toy Horse,” Kristina Moriconi, 24.1
“I Really Need to Stop Whining,” Scott Hartwich, 24.2
“Light,” Amanda Leigh Rogers, 24.2
“On a Neighbor’s Foreclosure,” Sara Biggs Chaney, 24.3
“Times Two,” Ann K. Schwader, 23.3

December 2012
Poems from 2012 that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize:

“A Merciful God,” Chris Fradkin, 23.2
“Collateral Damage,” Chuck Rybak, 23.2
“What Every Mother Hopes For,” Linda K. Sienkiewicz, 23.2
“Lamentations of a Conspiracy Geek,” Wade German, 23.3
“The Great Depression,” Kate Hammerich, 23.3
“Still Life,” Rebecca Dunham, 23.4

September 2012
Poems that we nominated for Best of the Net:

“When Calling Home to Tell Your Dad about the Good Job,” Stevie Edwards, 22.3
“The World of Poetry,” by Matthew Nadelson, 22.3
“Testimony,” Wayne Lee,” 22.4
“Birds and Beasts,” Norman Minnick, 22.4
“They Do,” Nina Bennett, 23.1
“Pretend Play,” Ann Tweedy, 23.1

August 2011
Mobius has been given 5 stars by The Review Review; see thereviewreview.net/reviews/journals-justice-literary-magazine-focuses-social-is

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