At the end of October, the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle nominated numerous pieces for inclusion in the various Best American Series anthologies. Twenty of so pieces are published in each anthology, and hundreds of submissions are sent each year. Mercifully, the submission process is now an online procedure sparing our editor from the dreaded post office line that inevitably extends to the parking lot.
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As ever, Lowestoft Chronicle endeavors to honor as many contributors to the magazine as possible. Limits on the number of entries per award mean we can only submit six works for the Pushcart Prize. This week, the editor made the following selections for the Pushcart Prize L: Best of the Small Presses 2026 Edition.

From captivating journeys across Europe and North America to a beguiling new tale featuring the itinerant peasant-poet Chen Hsi-wei, the bumper winter edition (#44) of … Read More ›
In November, we made the following nominations for the Pushcart Prize (for poetry, short stories, essays, memoirs or stand-alone excerpts from novels published by little … Read More ›
Last month, we made the following nominations for the Pushcart Prize (for poetry, short stories, essays, memoirs or stand-alone excerpts from novels published by little … Read More ›

This winter at Lowestoft Chronicle: From strange foods and strange faces in China and India, to scowling strangers and lopsided skulls in Europe and America, … Read More ›