The driver
by Peter Leroe-Muñoz
Author: theprosepoem.com
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2026 Best of the Net & Best Small Fictions Nominations
We are delighted to have the chance to nominate work for both Best of the Net and Best Small Fictions.
Because Best Small Fictions has changed publisher and are changing their publication timetable, we were able to submit our 2025 and 2026 nominations together this year.
Congratulations to the following authors:
Best Small Fictions 2026
- 36DD by Yashasvi Vachhani
- after forty years of marriage June became a trout by Alexina Dalgetty
- March by Fred Muratori
- Mission Street by Peter Leroe-Muñoz
- Mother Needs by Elena Zhang
Best Small Fictions 2025
- Husband Stitch by Nikita Deshpande
- Sofa/Headphones/An Old Walther PPK by Rachel R. Baum
- The Game by Hannah Linden
- The Horseshoe Crab by Danielle Fontaine
- The Tourist by Michelle Matthees
Best of the Net
Poetry
- Aeolus, Tinos by David Capps
- Playback by Susan Eyre Coppock
- Please Justify Your Paragraphs by Jennifer Weigel
- Sisterhood by Yashasvi Vachhani
- TANGERINE by Kristina Erny
- The Noise of this House by Sean Thomas Dougherty
Fiction
- Lake Crossings by Lucinda Trew
- The Book of Flies by Jan Conn
Non-fiction
- Sympathy Cards by Lucia Owen
- The Sidewalk on C Street by Sheri Flowers Anderson
Art
- From Here to There, with The Book of Flies by Jan Conn
- Pomegranate, with Pomegranate by Kelly Houle
- Long After (with What You’ll Do: The List by Anne Anthony
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Issue 51: Direction
Issue 51: DirectionAs we move gently into autumn, here are five poems that take us in different directions….
- One Direction by Oz Hardwick
- Gift Economy by Sarp Sozdinler
- Country Store by Sara McAulay
- Happening by Mette Norrie
- Subconscious Ode to Ponce de Leon by DL Pravda
Photo by Frank Schrader via Pexels.
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Issue 50: Happy
Issue 50: Happy
We are so thrilled to hit the milestone of our 50th issue that we decided to celebrate with an appropriate theme….
- Sloth by Christian Donovan
- Bus in the Woods by DL Pravda
- Happy by Tytti Heikkinen
- Dress up by Bethany J. Riddle
Photo by Maryia Babuchenka via Pexels.