Nominations
A record of our editors’ recent nominations for international literary prizes, including The Pushcart Prize, The Best of the Net, and Best Microfiction.
The Pushcart Prize 2025
- Annabel Wilson ‘A long time to get home‘
- Cassie Hart ‘fog/fugue‘
- Gregory Bennett ‘Heat Death of the Internet‘
- Joan Fleming ‘The Poets‘
- Jordan Hamel ‘Kinesiology‘
- Ray Shipley ‘My Dog Corduroy the Crime-Fighting Hound‘
Best of the Net Anthology 2025
- Alice Tawhai ‘Payment to the Ferryman‘
- Anne Kennedy ‘Glass‘
- Ariana Tikao ‘And you say ‘green’‘
- Bree Huntley ‘A Revelation‘
- James Brown ‘Outside Broadcast‘
- Gregory Bennett ‘Heat Death of the Internet‘
- Rowan Moulder ‘Week 3: Sunburn kisses‘
- Ruben Mita ‘Antipode‘
Best of the Net 2024
- Alex Skousen ‘Wild Milk’
- Amanda Joshua ‘Winning Hand’
- Ash Davida Jane ‘If you see me, weep’
- Kathryn Reeves ‘Book Cull’
- Maria Samuela ‘The Peach Tree’
- Molly Crighton ‘Spider Night’
- Tim Jones ‘Restraints’
- Tim Upperton ‘Three men in a lift’
The Pushcart Prize 2024
- Alice Tawhai ‘Payment to the Ferryman’
- Bree Huntley ‘A Revelation’
- Grace Glass ‘Asylum’
- Kate Aschoff ‘Green Gills’
- Kathryn van Beek ‘Going Dutch’
- Victor Billot ‘Dumb Luck’
Best Microfiction 2020
- Ellen Morgan Butler ‘Onions’
- Frankie McMillan ‘The Story Inside Her’
- Melanie Dixon ‘Swans May Bite Without Warning’