Winners
The Best Small Fictions 2021 – Grace Q. Song – “Come Bird, Stranger” – Issue #15
Best British & Irish Flash Fiction 2019-2020 – Antia Goveas – “How to Obey Gravity” – Issue #14
Best Microfiction 2020 – JJ Peña – “the summer heat feels just like love” – Issue #13
The Best Small Fictions 2018 – Lauren S. Marcus – The Collector – Issue #5
Nominees
Pushcart Prize 2021 Nominees
- “Off Meds” by Brendan Stephens (fiction), Issue #15, Feb. 2020
- “Zoloft” by Kevin Rippin (fiction), Issue #15, Feb. 2020
- “Leaving You” by Rosalind Goldsmith (flash fiction), Issue #17, Nov. 2020
- “When This Plane Lands” by Warren Stoddard II (creative nonfiction), Issue #16, Nov. 2020
- “Civil Insubordination, or Where in Amerikkka Are Black People Safe from Racism?” by henry 7. reneau, jr. (poetry), We Are Antifa anthology, Oct. 2020
- “Knee on the Neck” by Pèlúmi Sàlàkọ́ (poetry), We Are Antifa anthology, Oct. 2020
Best of the Net 2021 Nominees
- Brendan Stephens – Off Meds (fiction) – #Issue 15, February 2020 (1st Place, Into the Void Fiction Prize 2019)
- Kevin Rippin – Zoloft (fiction) – Issue #15, February 2020 (2nd Place, Into the Void Fiction Prize 2019)
- Laura Bernstein-Machlay – Sharp (creative nonfiction) – Issue #13, July 2019
- Margot Parmenter – The Drop Out (creative nonfiction) – Issue #14, October 2019
- Beth Gordon – Elegy with Cover Band (poetry) – Issue #13, July 2019
- Eugene Platt – Dresden’s Frauenkirche Weeps for Notre-Dame de Paris (poetry) – Issue #13, July 2019
- Terry Allen – The Rule of Three (poetry) – Issue #14, October 2019
- Mark Bolsover – in “Berlin.” (—fragments of-from a dream). … (poetry) – Issue #14, October 2019
- Kevin Ridgeway – GG Allin’s Grave (poetry) – Issue #14, October 2019
- Derek Annis – After the Rapture (poetry) – Issue #15, February 2020
Pushcart Prize 2020 Nominees
- “Tongue Twister” by Dianne Scott (fiction), Issue #11, Jan. 2019
- “First Edition” by Mark Keane (fiction), Issue #13, July 2019
- “Needles” by Don McLellan (fiction), Issue #14, Oct. 2019
- “Levies” by Ellis Scott (creative nonfiction), Issue #14, Oct. 2019
- “Dark and Day” by Kami Westhoff (poetry), Issue #12, Apr. 2019
- “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 309.81 (F43.10)” (poetry) by Joshua Hilderbrand, Issue #12, Apr. 2019
Best Microfiction 2020 Nominees
- “Hopkins” by Daniel Aristi (Issue #12)
- “Visitor” by Alexis N. Misko (Issue #13)
- “the summer heat feels just like love” by JJ Peña (Issue #13)
- “How to Obey Gravity” by Anita Goveas (Issue #14)
Best of the Net 2020 Nominees
- Dianne Scott – Tongue Twister (fiction) – Issue 11, January 2019 (1st Place, Into the Void Fiction Prize 2018)
- Brendan Stephens – A Lifetime (fiction) – Issue 11, January 2019 (2nd Place, Into the Void Fiction Prize 2018)
- Andrew Rihn – Tyson vs. Frazier (creative nonfiction) – Issue 12, April 2019
- Kira Compton – At the Bar (creative nonfiction) – Issue 11, January 2019
- Joshua Hilderbrand – Burn Pits (poetry) – Issue 12, April 2019
- Brad Rose – Pascal’s Wager in Orlando (poetry) – Issue 12, April 2019
- Joseph Breen – Nibiru in the VA Hospital (poetry) – Issue 12, April 2019
- David Joez Villaverde – I Wanted a Metaphor (poetry) – Issue 11, January 2019
- Tanisha Tekriwal – Hiraeth (poetry) – Issue 10, October 2018
- Bola Opaleke – Diplomatic Immunity (poetry) – Issue 10, October 2018
The VERA 2019 Nominee
- Lisa Piazza – A Bird Knows What a Bird Is For – Issue 9
The Best Small Fictions 2019 Nominees
- Ruth Brandt – Shooting Waters – Issue 7
- Marrie Stone – How to Visit Your Father in a Nursing Home – Issue 8
- Julián Esteban Torres López – The Obituaries Editor – Issue 9
- Lisa Piazza – A Bird Knows What a Bird Is For – Issue 9
- Emer Lyons – Staring at the Wall – Issue 10
The Pushcart Prize 2019 Nominees
- Jeff Ewing – Ice Flowers (Fiction) – Issue 7, January 2018
- Mark Brazaitis – The River (Fiction) – Issue 8, April 2018
- Stephanie Dickinson – Maximum Compound: Tasting Snow in the Universe of Lock (Creative Nonfiction) – Issue 8, April 2018
- Julián Esteban Torres López – The Obituaries Editor (Flash Fiction) – Issue 9, July 2018
- Jeffrey Alfier – Leaving the Delta (Poetry) – Issue 9, July 2018
- Kurt Rasmussen – Burning Girl (Poetry) – Issue 10, October 2018
Best of the Net 2019 Nominees
- Jeff Ewing – Ice Flowers (Fiction) – Issue 7, January 2018
- Mark Brazaitis – The River (Fiction) – Issue 8, April 2018
- Stephanie Dickinson – Maximum Lock: Tasting Snow in the Universe of Lock (Creative Nonfiction) – Issue 8, April 2018
- Dacia Price – Sexual History of a Girl(Creative Nonfiction) – Issue 7, January 2018
- Raquel Vasquez Gilliland – The Tale of the House of Vasquez (Poetry) – Poetry Contest 2017
- Melissa Weiss – Josef the Pigeon Poem (Poetry) – Poetry Contest 2017
- Jensen McRae – On Almost Loving an Activist (Poetry) – Poetry Contest 2017
- Brendon O’Brien – Sharing Our Bodies with Gods (Poetry) – Poetry Contest 2017
- Susan L. Leary – Reverberations (Poetry) – Issue 8, April 2018
- Helena Mariño – where the ocean (Poetry) – Issue 7, January 2018
The Pushcart Prize 2018 Nominees
- Jeff Ewing – Coast Starlight (Fiction) – Issue 3
- Daniel M. Jaffe – The Niña (Fiction) – Issue 4
- Julieta Vitullo – OWL: Of War and Love (in America) (Nonfiction) – Issue 5
- Brad Garber – Claustrophobia (Poetry) – Issue 5
- S.R. Aichinger – Three Sketches of Someone Who Will Die Young (Poetry) – Issue 5
- Niall Keegan – Drum (Fiction) – Issue 6
The Best Small Fictions 2018 Nominees
- Paul Luikart – In the Cave in the Holler – Issue 3
- Colin Watts – Last of the Petrol Heads – Issue 4
- Matan Gold – The Sidewalk Angel – Issue 4
- Lisa Napolitan – Destrehan – Issue 5
- Lauren S. Marcus – The Collector – Issue 5 (Winner)
The Pushcart Prize 2017 Nominees
- Wei Xiong – Assemblage (Fiction) – Issue 1
- Dominic Martin – Soft in Mouth (Fiction) – Issue 1
- Vincent Steed – In Sepia (Poetry) – Issue 1
- Brendan Quail – The Colour of Skin (Poetry) – Issue 1
- Ashley Inguanta – Hollandia Farms (Poetry) – Issue 1
- Kenneth Pobo – For Those Who Can’t or Won’t Say it (Poetry) – Issue 2
The Best Small Fictions 2017 Nominees
- Laura Halpin – Solo – Issue 1
- Cinthia Ritchie – Mary with P.M.S. – Issue 1
- Lauren Bell – The Man with the Marshmallow Heart – Issue 1
- Adam Gottschalk – Experiments on Breathing or One Morning in Hunan – Issue 1
- Lynda Kirby – The Painting – Issue 1