Congratulations to our writers whose work was selected for Best Microfiction, Wigleaf short and long lists, and Best of the Net.

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Best of the Net 2027 Nominations

Yellow, by Christine H. Chen (Fiction)
Parallel, by Andrea Damic (Art)
Harvest, As In, by Sarah Freligh (Fiction)
The man with a squatter in his belly dreams, by Matt Kendrick (Creative Nonfiction)
The Rider, by Lorette C. Luzajic (Art)
Carousel Centauress, by Ali McLafferty (Art)
To a Young Knitter Seen on the Bus, by Donna Shanley (Creative Nonfiction)

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Best Small Fictions 2026-2027 Nominations

Watching Your Mother Die, by Hien Nguyen
Color Permanence, by Meg Pokrass
Lifetimes, by Sarp Sozdinler
I Want To Remember Ammai, by Sudha Subramanian
Fitting Room, by Jie Wang

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Wigleaf Top 50 2026

Watching Your Mother Die, by Hien Nguyen

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Wigleaf Top 50 2026 – Long List

The Giant Squid, by Catherine Chiarella Domonkos
I can’t tell if I’m in lov with the travl vlogger, by Mandira Pattnaik
We Don’t Meet in Buda, by Kelli Short Borges

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Best Microfiction 2026

We Don’t Meet in Buda, by Kelli Short Borges
Yellow, by Christine H. Chen
Circus, by Dawn Raffel
At the Dentist’s in Arlington Heights, by Tina S. Zhu

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2026 Best of the Net Finalist

Hot And Sour, by Jacqueline Goyette (Fiction)

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Wigleaf Top 50 2025

Diversification, by Colette Parris

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Wigleaf Top 50 2025 – Long List

Drones, by Ulrica Hume
Mushrooms, by Kathryn Kulpa
Trolley Rocket, by Sumitra Singham

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Best Small Fictions 2025

Lottery, by Scott Garson

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Best Microfiction 2025

The girl goes, by Cathy Ulrich
Mushrooms, by Kathryn Kulpa
Manual for an American Novice in a Small Indian Town, by Tara Isabel Zambrano

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Wigleaf Top 50 2024 – Long List

(Parenthetical Asides), by Jacqueline Doyle

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Best Small Fictions 2024

Uncle Soul, by Andrea Jurjević

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Best Microfiction 2024

Lace in Your Hands, by Lydia Gwyn
Past Jack Koo’s Shop, by Frankie McMillan

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