Half-Off Holiday Sale and Nomination Roundup

It’s that time of year! As we approach the final days of 2021, we wanted to reward our readers with a holiday sale: right now, everything in our online store—yes, everything: subscriptions, single issues, e-issues, T-shirts—is 50 percent off. Just use the promo code EVERYTHING after you put the item in your shopping cart.

This sale lasts only until December 15, so don’t delay!

(IMPORTANT NOTE: Sometime in the next couple weeks, our current issue will change from Issue 18.1, Spring 2021, to Issue 18.2, Fall 2021. Please refer to our Issues page to make sure you’re ordering the one you want!)

As you stock up on gifts, stocking stuffers, and even presents to yourself, we also wanted to share with you some recent nominations we sent to anthologies (previously announced on our social-media platforms). It’s always a challenge to narrow down our large pool of skilled work to the limited number of pieces we’re allowed to put forward, but we wanted to congratulate these that rose to the top:

For the Pushcart Prize, we’ve nominated:

• Emily Bludworth de Barrios, “In my childhood” (poem, Issue 18.2)
• Cortney Lamar Charleston, “It’s Important I Remember That Darkness and Blackness Aren’t Perfect Synonyms—” (poem, Issue 18.2)
• Wendy Cheng, “The Instant You Entered the Black Hole” (essay, Issue 18.1)
• Amina Gautier, “Feliz Navidad” (story, Issue 18.1)
• Aleyna Rentz, “The Land of Uz” (story, Issue 18.2)
• Xu Xi, “When Your City Vanishes” (essay, Issue 18.2)

Our Best Microfiction nominations, all from our miCRo series:

• Abbie Barker, “Snowfall”
• Jonathan Cardew, “Sam Less”
• R. Cross, “A Young Woman Made Up of Dirt”
• Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, “I Am Often Reminded That I Am Here to Help People”

Our Best Small Fictions nominations:

• Amy Chen, “Knowing” (essay, miCRo)
• Kathryn Diaz, “Ashley” (story, miCRo)
• Anni Liu, “On Injury” (prose poem/hybrid, miCRo)
• Cindy Juyoung Ok, “Haunting Season” (story, miCRo)
• Alina Stefanescu, “Why One Cloud is Kin to Not Liking” (prose poem, miCRo)