Nominations from The Mackinaw for literary awards.
Names and titles highlighted in red were selected by the respective anthologies.
Names and titles highlighted in red were selected by the respective anthologies.
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Best Small Fictions 2026 Nominations Pensive Warrior, by Brooke Martin January 27, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/archives/01-2025 Cavafy Indica, by Vikram Masson September 29, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/vikram-masson Insomnia Chronicles VII, by Erin Murphy April 28, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/erin-murphy The Belly of the Beast, by Joani Reese December 8, 2025 Will post on that date at www.themackinaw.net Hard Stick, by Tracy Royce November 24, 2025 Will post on that date at www.themackinaw.net ** Best Small Fictions 2025 Thread, by Mikki Aronoff https://www.themackinaw.net/mikki-aronoff.html ** Tokyo Panorama Suite, by Cassandra Atherton https://www.themackinaw.net/cassandra-atherton.html ** Name Your World, by Christine H. Chen https://www.themackinaw.net/christine-h-chen.html ** Midnight in the Backyard of Lust and Longing, by Alexis Rhone Fancher https://www.themackinaw.net/alexis-rhone-fancher.html ** 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 ** Strawberry Farm, by Jane Frank https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/jane-frank ** Self-Love, by Wendy Kagan https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/wendy-kagan ** A Dry Leaf, by Joan Leotta https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/joan-leotta ** Not Only Wolves, by Barbra Nightingale https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/barbra-nightingale ** What the King Wants and What the King Gets, by Kalliopy Paleos https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/kalliopy-paleos ** Pushcart Prize 2025 Nominations How to Create a Family Myth, by Luanne Castle https://www.themackinaw.net/luanne-castle.html ** The Weight on Her Shoulders, by Christine H. Chen https://www.themackinaw.net/christine-h-chen.html ** My America, by Carrie Etter https://www.themackinaw.net/carrie-etter.html ** The Awful Roaring Toward God, by Marc Frazier https://www.themackinaw.net/marc-frazier.html ** Don’t Stop My Bleeding, by Jeffrey Allen Tobin https://www.themackinaw.net/jeffery-allen-tobin.html ** Can You Name the Colours of a Black Hole? by Jonathan Yungkans https://www.themackinaw.net/jonathan-yungkans.html |
Best Microfictions Nominations 2026 The Undertaking, by Peter Anderson January 13, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/peter-anderson ** Shock, by Barbara Krasner February 10, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/barbara-krasner ** Eight to Ten Inches by Nightfall, by Kathleen McGookey January 6, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/kathleen-mcgookey ** Why I Never Order Cappuccino, by Kalliopy Paleos July 7, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/kalliopy-paleos ** Spread Your Wings, by Jane Salmon June 30, 2025 https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/jane-salmons ** Best Microfictions 2025 Nominations Summer Days, by Nin Andrews https://www.themackinaw.net/nin-andrews.html ** I Mention the Deer, by Tina Barry https://www.themackinaw.net/tina-barry.html ** Jim, by Roy Beckemeyer https://www.themackinaw.net/roy-j-beckemeyer.html ** Cruel Choices, Alexis Rhone Fancher https://www.themackinaw.net/alexis-rhone-fancher.html ** Where Did You Go? by Francine Witte https://www.themackinaw.net/francine-witte.html ** |
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 ** Best of the Net 2025 Nominations I Remember Rather Vividly, by Saad Ali https://www.themackinaw.net/saad-ali.html ** peering through mountains, by Julie Breathnach-Banwait https://www.themackinaw.net/julie-breathnach-banwait.html ** Signs of Healing, by Suzanna C. de Baca https://www.themackinaw.net/suzanna-c-de-baca.html ** Indigo Spy Above Spain, by Linda Nemec Foster https://www.themackinaw.net/linda-nemec-foster.html ** The Last Book in the Misremembered Library, by Oz Hardwick https://www.themackinaw.net/oz-hardwick.html ** With Dylan in Ithaca, by Arya F. Jenkins https://www.themackinaw.net/arya-f-jenkins.html ** Maybe You Want to Be Gone, by Michael C. Keith https://www.themackinaw.net/michael-c-keith.html ** Anticipatory Loss, by Joseph Kerschbaum https://www.themackinaw.net/joseph-kerschbaum.html |