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‘Best of the Net’ Nominees, 2023

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Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
“Tokyo Army Hospital, 1957”

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Elizabeth Catanese
“Salvation Army”

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Lisa del Rosso
“By Choice”

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Darla Himeles
“The First Migraine I Remember Happened in Hollywood”

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Ben Kline
“The Toast”

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Michelle Reale
“Flare, 1972”

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Kate Sanchez
“Sunday Morning: Lloren Torres”

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Makshya Tolbert
“We Walk Toward Day Nine or Not”

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Justin Wymer
“The Mystic in the Shed”

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‘Best New Poets’ Nominees, 2022

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Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
“Tokyo Army Hospital, 1957”

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Elizabeth Catanese
“Salvation Army”

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‘Best Microfiction’ Nominees, 2022

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Michelle Reale
“Flare, 1972”

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Justin Wymer
“The Mystic in the Shed”

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Pushcart Prize Nominations, 2021

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Lisa del Rosso
“By Choice”

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Audrey Gidman
“Old News”

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Connie Millard
“Pipe Dreams”

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Kenneth Pobo
“Dulcet Tones in a Diner Three Days Before
It Burns Down Under Suspicious Circumstances”

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Kate Sanchez
“Sunday Morning: Lloren Torres”

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Makshya Tolbert
“We Walk Toward Day Nine or Not”

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