NOMINATIONS

2026 Nominations

Best of the Net:

nat raum, "these are your good years" (from totaled)
Ashley Elizabeth, "Reasons why I want to lose weight" (from bite-sized)
Una Zelić, "Tour Guide" (from How to Heal A Scar)
William Derge, "Barnyard Melodrama" (from From the Edge)
Judith Skillman, "Already August" (from Another Evening)
Jack Gross, "0710081009101010" (November 2025)
Jack Gross, "Bleached on the Shore" (from Isopropyl Alcohol, Atarax (1,256 Carbon Monoxide Detectors))
JC Ambrose, "Abstract Street" (January 2026)

Genrepunk Awards:
to be announced late-September

Pushcart Prize:
to be announced late-October

Best of the Net:

Otis Sprow, "For Beginnings" (Issue One)
Patricia Adelizzi, "ditchin' days" (Issue One)
Kay Mi, "it's april again" (Issue Two)
Matthew Herskovitz, "Father's Day at Camden Yards (June 2021)" (Issue Two)
stephanie anderson, "blue catfish get smote again" (Issue Two)
Breasia "Bree" Boyd, "You Can't Play Too $hort at the Family Cookout" (Issue Two)
Hayley Igarashi Thomas, "Thanks for Your Patience" (Issue Two)
Kelci Tillman, "The Earwig" (Issue Two)
nat raum, "untitled" (January 2025)
Kyrico, "Unfinished Tree" (Issue Two)
Judith Skillman, "Meadow, after Dion Salvador Lloyd" (Issue Two)

Monarch Queer Literary Awards:

Genrepunk Awards:

Kelci Tillman, "The Earwig" (Issue Two)
Kyrico, "Unfinished Tree" (Issue Two)
Jordan Byrum, "rust dyed" (June 2025)
stephanie anderson, "blue catfish get smote again" (Issue Two)
Hayley Igarashi Thomas, "Thanks for Your Patience" (Issue Two) *Winner of the Genrepunk Haunting Award
Breasia "Bree" Boyd, "The Life and Times of the Kids on Steeper Street" (Issue Two)
Ashley Elizabeth, "southern-esque" (Issue Two)