Best Microfictions Nominations 2026

Congratulations! The Mackinaw: a journal of prose poetry, has nominated these writers for Best Microfictions 2026. Best Microfictions is an annual anthology awarding the best small stories (and open to prose poetry that could be read as a hybrid story), choosing from nominations from journal editors.

Thank you for sharing your creative genius with The Mackinaw!
 
Best wishes, and congrats again.
Lorette
 
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The Undertaking, by Peter Anderson
January 13, 2025 
https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/peter-anderson
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Shock, by Barbara Krasner
February 10, 2025
https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/barbara-krasner
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Eight to Ten Inches by Nightfall, by Kathleen McGookey
January 6, 2025
https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/kathleen-mcgookey
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Why I Never Order Cappuccino, by Kalliopy Paleos
July 7, 2025 
https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/kalliopy-paleos
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Spread Your Wings, by Jane Salmon
June 30, 2025 
https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/jane-salmons