Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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September 23, 2013

Zen and The Art of Cover Letter Writing

By Brian Michael Murphy

The best insight I received about job applications came from a mentor who had led many search committees, who had seen the best candidates “on paper” simply bomb interviews, while […]

January 19, 2012

Mix Tape: Word Processing

By Maggie Smith

Is the Pushcart biased against online journals? The Pushcart folks won’t find much on Meijer’s Facebook page. Although, isn’t sausage, football, and poetry an intriguing combination? Writing long sentences: “a way […]