We publish great fiction and we promote our writers by nominating their work for major literary awards. Although every story we publish is award-worthy, rules and guidelines force us to limit our selections to just a few esteemed pieces. These are our choices so far:
2026 Best Small Fictions
The Pig Housewife by Diamond
Remembering Pearl (which contains two flash fictions: Pearl-Handled Sword & For the Obits) by Meg Pokrass
In Memoriam by Patricia Q. Bidar
2026 Best American Short Stories
Eating My Ex by Grace Ballard
Bobby Rush Brought Out His Biggest, Baddest, Best’est Booty Shaking Black Women and Blew All Them White Folks ‘Way from The Hot Air Balloon Fest by Exodus Oktavia Brownlow
Notes on the Kingdom of Eleutheria by Ann Landi
Leaving the Rosenthaler Strasse on an Evening in Late September by Lis Anna-Langston
Dallas, 1931 by Patrick Strickland
The Skull Never Frowns by Damien Roos
Callie the Cat by Dana Cann
Rambling, Sidling, Absolved, Cradled by Aaron Burch
2026 Pushcart Prize
The Snake Stomper by Barbara E. Miner
Sebastian by Niamh Mac Cabe
Dallas, 1931 by Patrick Strickland
The Skull Never Frowns by Damien Roos
Callie the Cat by Dana Cann
Down: An Excerpt by Hannah Grieco
2026 Best of the Net
Leaving the Rosenthaler Strasse on an Evening in Late September by Lis Anna-Langston
Rambling, Sidling, Absolved, Cradled by Aaron Burch
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