The Mackinaw: a journal of prose poetry
  • The Mackinaw
  • Early Issues
    • Issues Menu
    • Issue One >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Cassandra Atherton
      • Claire Bateman
      • Carrie Etter
      • Alexis Rhone Fancher
      • Linda Nemec Foster
      • Jeff Friedman
      • Hedy Habra
      • Oz Hardwick
      • Paul Hetherington
      • Meg Pokrass
      • Clare Welsh
      • Francine Witte
    • Issue Two >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Essay: Norbert Hirschhorn
      • Opinion: Portly Bard
      • Interview: Jeff Friedman
      • Dave Alcock
      • Saad Ali
      • Nin Andrews
      • Tina Barry
      • Roy J. Beckemeyer
      • John Brantingham
      • Julie Breathnach-Banwait
      • Gary Fincke
      • Michael C. Keith
      • Joseph Kerschbaum
      • Michelle Reale
      • John Riley
    • Issue Three >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Sally Ashton Interview
      • Sheika A.
      • Cherie Hunter Day
      • Christa Fairbrother
      • Melanie Figg
      • Karen George
      • Karen Paul Holmes
      • Lisa Suhair Majaj
      • Amy Marques
      • Diane K. Martin
      • Karen McAferty Morris
      • Helen Pletts
      • Kathryn Silver-Hajo
    • ISSUE FOUR >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Mikki Aronoff
      • Jacob Lee Bachinger
      • Miriam Bat-Ami
      • Suzanna C. de Baca
      • Dominique Hecq
      • Bob Heman
      • Norbert Hirschhorn
      • Cindy Hochman
      • Arya F. Jenkins
      • Karen Neuberg
      • Simon Parker
      • Mark Simpson
      • Jonathan Yungkans
    • ISSUE FIVE >
      • Writing Prose Poetry: a Course
      • Interview: Tina Barry
      • Book Review: Bob Heman, by Cindy Hochman
      • Carol W. Bachofner
      • Patricia Q. Bidar
      • Rachel Carney
      • Luanne Castle
      • Dane Cervine
      • Christine H. Chen
      • Mary Christine Delea
      • Paul Juhasz
      • Anita Nahal
      • Shaun R. Pankoski
      • James Penha
      • Jeffery Allen Tobin
    • ISSUE SIX >
      • David Colodney
      • Francis Fernandes
      • Marc Frazier
      • Richard Garcia
      • Jennifer Mills Kerr
      • Melanie Maggard
      • Alyson Miller
      • Barry Peters
      • Jeff Shalom
      • Robin Shepard
      • Lois Villemaire
      • Richard Weaver
      • Feral Willcox
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Best Small Fictions 2025

Thread, by Mikki Aronoff

https://www.themackinaw.net/mikki-aronoff.html

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Tokyo Panorama Suite, by Cassandra Atherton
https://www.themackinaw.net/cassandra-atherton.html

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Name Your World, by Christine H. Chen
https://www.themackinaw.net/christine-h-chen.html

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Midnight in the Backyard of Lust and Longing, by Alexis Rhone Fancher
https://www.themackinaw.net/alexis-rhone-fancher.html

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The Bag Dance, by Richard Garcia
https://www.themackinaw.net/richard-garcia.html
 
 


Pushcart Prize 2026 Nominations

Nemesis, by Bob Beagrie
https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/bob-beagrie

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Strawberry Farm, by Jane Frank

https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/jane-frank

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Self-Love, by Wendy Kagan

https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/wendy-kagan

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A Dry Leaf, by Joan Leotta

https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/joan-leotta


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Not Only Wolves, by Barbra Nightingale

https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/barbra-nightingale

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What the King Wants and What the King Gets, by Kalliopy Paleos

https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/kalliopy-paleos

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Pushcart Prize 2025 Nominations


How to Create a Family Myth, by Luanne Castle
https://www.themackinaw.net/luanne-castle.html

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The Weight on Her Shoulders, by Christine H. Chen
https://www.themackinaw.net/christine-h-chen.html

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My America, by Carrie Etter
https://www.themackinaw.net/carrie-etter.html

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The Awful Roaring Toward God, by Marc Frazier
https://www.themackinaw.net/marc-frazier.html

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Don’t Stop My Bleeding, by Jeffrey Allen Tobin
https://www.themackinaw.net/jeffery-allen-tobin.html

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Can You Name the Colours of a Black Hole? by Jonathan Yungkans
https://www.themackinaw.net/jonathan-yungkans.html

​Best Microfictions 2025 Nominations


Summer Days, by Nin Andrews
https://www.themackinaw.net/nin-andrews.html

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I Mention the Deer, by Tina Barry
https://www.themackinaw.net/tina-barry.html

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Jim, by Roy Beckemeyer
https://www.themackinaw.net/roy-j-beckemeyer.html

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Cruel Choices, Alexis Rhone Fancher
https://www.themackinaw.net/alexis-rhone-fancher.html

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Where Did You Go? by Francine Witte
https://www.themackinaw.net/francine-witte.html

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Best of the Net 2026 Nominations

Big Island, by Sherry Abaldo

The Urn, by Carol W. Bachofner

The Old Men at Walmart, by Paul Juhasz

Blood Sisters, by Wendy Kagan

Kintsugi, by Barbara Krasner

A Pearl is the Autobiography of an Oyster, by Gerry LaFemina

Lost Cord, by Brooke Martin

One Red Koi Fish is Enough to Change Your Life, by Baruch November

https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/best-of-the-net-nominations-2026

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Best of the Net 2025 Nominations


I Remember Rather Vividly, by Saad Ali

https://www.themackinaw.net/saad-ali.html

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peering through mountains, by Julie Breathnach-Banwait
https://www.themackinaw.net/julie-breathnach-banwait.html

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Signs of Healing, by Suzanna C. de Baca
https://www.themackinaw.net/suzanna-c-de-baca.html

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Indigo Spy Above Spain, by Linda Nemec Foster
https://www.themackinaw.net/linda-nemec-foster.html

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The Last Book in the Misremembered Library, by Oz Hardwick
https://www.themackinaw.net/oz-hardwick.html

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With Dylan in Ithaca, by Arya F. Jenkins
https://www.themackinaw.net/arya-f-jenkins.html

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Maybe You Want to Be Gone, by Michael C. Keith
https://www.themackinaw.net/michael-c-keith.html

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Anticipatory Loss, by Joseph Kerschbaum
https://www.themackinaw.net/joseph-kerschbaum.html

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  • The Mackinaw
  • Early Issues
    • Issues Menu
    • Issue One >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Cassandra Atherton
      • Claire Bateman
      • Carrie Etter
      • Alexis Rhone Fancher
      • Linda Nemec Foster
      • Jeff Friedman
      • Hedy Habra
      • Oz Hardwick
      • Paul Hetherington
      • Meg Pokrass
      • Clare Welsh
      • Francine Witte
    • Issue Two >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Essay: Norbert Hirschhorn
      • Opinion: Portly Bard
      • Interview: Jeff Friedman
      • Dave Alcock
      • Saad Ali
      • Nin Andrews
      • Tina Barry
      • Roy J. Beckemeyer
      • John Brantingham
      • Julie Breathnach-Banwait
      • Gary Fincke
      • Michael C. Keith
      • Joseph Kerschbaum
      • Michelle Reale
      • John Riley
    • Issue Three >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Sally Ashton Interview
      • Sheika A.
      • Cherie Hunter Day
      • Christa Fairbrother
      • Melanie Figg
      • Karen George
      • Karen Paul Holmes
      • Lisa Suhair Majaj
      • Amy Marques
      • Diane K. Martin
      • Karen McAferty Morris
      • Helen Pletts
      • Kathryn Silver-Hajo
    • ISSUE FOUR >
      • Letter From the Editor
      • Mikki Aronoff
      • Jacob Lee Bachinger
      • Miriam Bat-Ami
      • Suzanna C. de Baca
      • Dominique Hecq
      • Bob Heman
      • Norbert Hirschhorn
      • Cindy Hochman
      • Arya F. Jenkins
      • Karen Neuberg
      • Simon Parker
      • Mark Simpson
      • Jonathan Yungkans
    • ISSUE FIVE >
      • Writing Prose Poetry: a Course
      • Interview: Tina Barry
      • Book Review: Bob Heman, by Cindy Hochman
      • Carol W. Bachofner
      • Patricia Q. Bidar
      • Rachel Carney
      • Luanne Castle
      • Dane Cervine
      • Christine H. Chen
      • Mary Christine Delea
      • Paul Juhasz
      • Anita Nahal
      • Shaun R. Pankoski
      • James Penha
      • Jeffery Allen Tobin
    • ISSUE SIX >
      • David Colodney
      • Francis Fernandes
      • Marc Frazier
      • Richard Garcia
      • Jennifer Mills Kerr
      • Melanie Maggard
      • Alyson Miller
      • Barry Peters
      • Jeff Shalom
      • Robin Shepard
      • Lois Villemaire
      • Richard Weaver
      • Feral Willcox
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