Summer--Fall 2026

Marie Andree-Auclair
Emma Atkins
    David Bankson     
Sophia Carroll
Chris Cottom
Anna Gáspár-Singer
translated by Marietta Morry & Walter Burgess
Rebecca Ferlotti
Daniel Findlay
Mae Fraser
Tarfara Gava 
Adam Gianforcaro
Zehra Habib  
Alannah Hensley
Leelah Holmes
Nadia Kalman
Gabriella Kamran
Courtney LeBlanc
Grace Lynn
Natalie Marino
Elissa Matthews
G.H. Mosson
Iona Nicolaie 
translated by Clara Burghela
Chidiebube onye Okohia
basil payne
Lara Payne
Klara Pokrzywa
Paul Potts
Ken Poyner
John Repp
Olivia G. Rose   
M.C. Rush
Brett Shaw
Jesse Strauss
Ernest Williamson III 
Winter Yim


Congratulations to our nominees:
Best of the Net

Prose

David Bankson “gone” 

Chris Cottom  “Afterwards, Gretel Calls It God's Way of Telling Her to Be an Architect" 

 

Poetry

Lake Angela “Childhood II: Northern Lights”

Sean Thomas Dougherty ”After Visiting Hours”

Grace Lynn “Negative Space”  

basil payne “Soon Almost Anything Will Seem True”

Klara Pokrzywa “pit hymnal”  

Catherine Rockwood “My Neighbor Uses Poison" 

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Coming soon: nominations for
 

Orisons Best Spiritual Writing 2027

Monarch Queer Literary Awards 2027

Pushcart Prize 2027