Best of the Net 2019 nominations
fiction | “Here Devils” by L.W. Nicholson
fiction | “My First Year in the City” by Alex Miller
nonfiction | “Thawing” by Claire Hodgdon
nonfiction | “Where the Wild Things Are” by Krys Malcolm Belc
poetry | “Chaos 1:1” by Faylita Hicks
poetry | “How I Survive the Highwire” by Natalie E. Illum
poetry | “Portrait of Brother Encased in Concrete” by Joel Salcido
poetry | “Sanctuary” by Lisa Mecham
poetry | “Shibboleth” by Anthony Lawrence
poetry | “teacher says it’s against his religion to call trans students by their preferred name and gender” by Sally Burnette
Best Small Fictions 2019 nominations
“Five Micros” by Kathy Fish
“Mistaken” by Kaj Tanaka
“Minor Scenes With Dad” by Nicholas Cook
“None of us should be here” by Melissa Goode
“What kind of” by Teresa Stenson
Pushcart Prize 2019 nominations
fiction | “Five Micros” by Kathy Fish
fiction | “Mistaken” by Kaj Tanaka
fiction | “Minor Scenes With Dad” by Nicholas Cook
poetry | “In a Constant State of Ruin We Find Light” by Meghan McClure
poetry | “Nocturne: The Candidate Arrives in Birmingham” by Amorak Huey
poetry | “When You Tell Me I’d Be Prettier With Straight Hair” by Ashley M. Jones
Best Microfictions 2018 nominations
“How Much Drama Does a Drowning Need?” by Kara Vernor
“Greased Lightnin‘” by Meghan Phillips
“While My Father Was Dying, He Wore My Hat” by Frank Candeloro
“Dead Giraffe in a Big City” by Erik Fuhrer
“Happiness, Lies, & Reno Rush” by Jules Archer
“Between not much and nothing” by Tara Isabel Zambrano
“An Arm or a Palm Frond or a Boot” by Michelle Ross
“What kind of” by Teresa Stenson
Best of the Net 2018 nominations
fiction | “Stolen Gig” by Sarah Shields
fiction | “Greased Lightnin‘” by Meghan Phillips
poetry | “The Chances of Rain” by Ryu Ando
poetry | “A Man and a Woman Sleep on the Same Bed” by Shriram Sivaramakrishnan
poetry | “Good morning, I too am learning something new today” by Devin Kelly
poetry | “I’ve Learned” by Tina Mozelle Braziel
poetry | “Sonnet with Kanye West and Late Uncle” by Ashley M. Jones
poetry | “Untitled” by Amelia Martens (first poem in post)