Nominations

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Best small fictions

Pam Avoledo, The world’s largest rubber band ball

Matthew Jakubowski, Alight, Astray

Kelly Murashige, The Prize

Beth Sherman, Angel

Alison Wassell, A safe space




Best of the Net 2027

Fiction:

Kelly Murashige, Driving Faith https://templeinacity.com/fiction-by-kelly-murashige/

Emily Rinkema, Lou https://templeinacity.com/fiction-emily-rinkema/

Creative nonfiction:

Linda M. Bayley, One Mississippi https://templeinacity.com/flash-fiction-by-linda-m-bayley/

Karen Baumgart, And now, for the final act, watch him choose the circus, https://templeinacity.com/creative-nonfiction-by-karen-baumgart/



Poetry:

Solape Adetutu Adeyemi, They told us to go but did not say where. Makoko demolition, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-by-solape-adetutu-adeyemi/

Yuan Changming, 12 heart metaphors, A chinglish poem in collocations, https://templeinacity.com/two-poems-by-yuan-changming/

Darren C. Demaree 5/28/25, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-by-darren-c-demaree/

Ezra Gatlin, rose-colored glasses, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-ezra-gatlin/

Toni della Fata, Baby are you a believer, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-toni-della-fata/

Kathryn Reese, Stim, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-kathryn-reese-3/

Congratulations to all nominated authors


Temple in a city nominations

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Congratulations to all nominated authors


Best of the net 2025

Sumitra Singam, Bird swallowers

Rachel Rodman, He Always Lied, I Always Told the Truth. And Then We Fell in Hate

Kathryn Reese, Post-vespers

Pushcart Prize 2025

Cole Beauchamp, If Only

Emily Rinkema, Lou

June Gemmell, The Homecoming

Kendra Cardin, A change in the recipe

S.A. Greene, Brian Wilson is dead and why can’t I stop crying?

Dominic Walsh, Slice of life, in absentia

Best microfiction

Elizabeth Rosen, Endeavor

Slawka G. Scarso, And then she told Jack off

Sumitra Singam, You-and-Kate in a field, loving me

Vijayalakshmi Sridhar, I heard you became a father again

Huina Zheng, The pin inside my body


Best small fictions

Ivan de Monbrison, Marseille, August 2nd 2025

Monica Dickson, How to make a living coffin

Emily Rinkema, Lou

Rachel Rodman, He Always Lied, I Always Told the Truth. And Then We Fell in Hate

Vijayalakshmi Sridhar, I heard you became a father again