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Winter/Spring 2026
David M. Alper
Lake Angela
Narges Anzali 
Robert Beveridge
Ray Carey
Matthew Coonan
Abbie Doll
Sean Thomas Dougherty
Josh Dugat
Angelica Esquivel
Melissa Ridley Elmes
Connor Fisher
Lynn D. Gilbert
Joi Haskins
Kinjal Johri
Soon Jones
Marley Korzen
Dallas Raquel Klein
Amy Lerman
DS Maolalai
Mark J. Mitchell
Aref Moallemi
James B. Nicola
Sehee Oh

​Bhavna Parmar
Catherine Rockwood 
Shana Ross
Bradley Samore
Nico Santana
Ian C Smith
Sarah Sorensen
Jason M. Thornberry
Unmana 
Jianqing  Zheng

Review of Falling by Pilar Graham by James Bourey

Congratulations to our nominees for this year's small press awards

Best Spiritual Literature
"Taking Liberties Out" by David Kozinski
"Worm Moon" by Jessica Purdy

Best of the Net
"No Exit" by Zoe Boyer 
"Drowned Man" by Mrityunjay Mohan
"Ply-Mar Swim Club" by Dara Lyn-Shrager
"Fair Haven" by Melissa Onstad
"resurrection as a verb for love" by Jamilla Van Dyke
"Arabic in America" by Jake Zuppa

Pushcart Prize
"Fallen Trees" by Ray Carey 
"The Things We Cannot Recall " by Sean Thomas Dougherty
"My Neighbor Uses Poison" Catherine Rockwood
"Indoor Wood" by Cela Xiè 
"Arabic in America" by Jake Zuppa

Monarch Queer Literary Awards

Poetry

"Drowned Man" by Mrityunjay Mohan

"my lover asked me to write a contrapuntal and i said how did you get in my bed" by Mal Virich

 

Short fiction

"1934: The Children's Hour" by DC Diamondopolous

 

Non fiction

"Fair Haven" by Melissa Onstad

"Arabic in America" by Jake Zuppa

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