The Orison Anthology and Best of the Net Nominations

We’re so excited to announce our nominations for this year’s Orison and Best of the Net Anthologies!

For The Orison Anthology, we’ve nominated:

• Hera Naguib, “En Route to Makkah” (poem, Issue 17.1)
• Orlando Ricardo Menes, “The Blackberry Tree” (poem, Issue 17.1)
• Derek Palacio, “Eden” (fiction, Issue 17.1)
• Leah Umansky, “God is God and the Universe is the Universe” (poem, Issue 17.1)

Special congratulations to one of last year’s nominees, Jeddie Sophronius, whose poem “Swamp” (Issue 16.1) was selected for The Orison Anthology vol. 5!

Our Best of the Net nominations, all from our miCRo series:

Poetry:

• Scott Broker, “Cruising”
• Prince Bush, “The Therapist Asks, How Does the Brain Feel”
• Su Cho, “사랑니: (n) wisdom teeth“
• Kyle Carrero Lopez, “From an Agnostic”
• Erin Slaughter, “No Horses“
• Sophia Stid, “Before the Fiat”

Nonfiction:

• Latifa Ayad, “Eid al-Adha“
• Ji Yun, “Twice Goodbye,” translated by Yi Izzy Yu and John Yu Branscum

Fiction:

• Julie Jones, “Well Done, Middle School Administrators”
• Amy Stuber, “A Tree That May in Summer Wear”

Best of luck to each of our wonderful nominees!