​"Best Small Fictions is the first-ever contemporary anthology solely dedicated to anthologizing the best internationally published short hybrid fiction in a given calendar year. Now in its tenth year of existence, Best Small Fictions features the best microfiction, flash fiction, haibun stories, and prose poetry from around the world." from Alternating Current Press on BSF

The Mackinaw is absolutely juicy with literary talent. It is an absolute honour to publish such an amazing variety of voices. Please join us in congratulating these incredible writers for their nomination for Best Small Fictions.  

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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
 
 

A huge congratulations to our writers nominated for Best Microfictions.


The Best Microfiction award anthologies were founded by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, to celebrate excellence in small form writing under 400 words.

The flash fiction field has some overlap with prose poetry, as it also celebrates hybrid forms and innovative ways of storytelling.

Without further adieu, our nominations for Best Microfictions 2025:

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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

The Pushcart Prize is an annual award anthology honouring the best of the small press, since 1976.

A big congratulations to our nominees this year.

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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

Starting in January, The Mackinaw will be changing formats to better serve the authors, journal, and promotion. We will be publishing multiple prose poems by one author every Monday rather than bimonthly issues. Look in this spot starting in January 2025 for your weekly sustenance of prose poetry.