This year, Modern English Tanka Press nominated the following six outstanding poetry collections for the Pushcart Prize.

• Jack Fruit Moon, haiku and tanka by Robert D. Wilson. ISBN 978-0-9817691-4-1.

• Tanka from the Edge by Miriam Sagan. ISBN 978-0-9817691-9-6.

• All the Horses of Heaven / Todos los Caballos del Paraíso. Tanka by James Tipton. Bilingual edition with Spanish translations by Martha Alcántar. ISBN 978-1-935398-05-9.

• The Stream Singing Your Name: Tanka and Sijo by Jean LeBlanc. ISBN 978-1-935398-06-6.

• Elvis in Black Leather, tanka by Alexis Rotella. ISBN 978-1-935398-09-7.

• Peeling an Orange: Haiku by Peggy Heinrich. Photographs by John Bolivar. ISBN 978-1-935398- 12-7.

Our sincere congratulations to all these fine nominees on their outstanding works. Each and every one deserves a Pushcart Prize.

Denis M. Garrison, owner
MET Press / Modern English Tanka Press