Earlier this month, the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle nominated “Fish,” by Mark Jacobs (issue 65, March 1, 2026), for the O. Henry Prize—a long-running annual award recognizing exceptional short fiction first published in literary magazines across the U.S. Congratulations to Mark Jacobs on this distinction, and thank you to every contributor whose work makes each nomination season both rewarding and challenging.
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Each year, Lowestoft Chronicle has the pleasure—and the challenge—of highlighting stand-out voices from the magazine. The Pushcart Prize, with its cherished annual tradition of shining a light on exceptional small press writing, grants each publication just six opportunities to put forward their best. After a great deal of difficult deliberation, the editor has chosen the following pieces for consideration in the Pushcart Prize LI: Best of the Small Presses 2027 volume.
Earlier this month, the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle nominated a selection of our most memorable pieces for inclusion in several Best American Series anthologies. Each volume typically features a mere twenty or so works, handpicked from the hundreds—occasionally thousands—submitted every year. Fortunately, the days of losing an afternoon to the post office (queues snaking into the parking lot and sometimes your soul) are mostly gone, with online submissions now the norm. [Well, except for The Best American Essays, which has, somewhat mysteriously, reverted to snail mail this year—perhaps as an act of charity for the USPS.]