The Orison Anthology, Best of the Net, and PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Nominations

We’re so excited to announce our nominations for this year’s Orison and Best of the Net Anthologies, as well as for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers!

For the Orison Anthology, we’ve nominated:

• Wendy Cheng, “The Instant You Entered the Black Hole” (essay, Issue 18.1)
  
• Brian Czyzyk, “August” (poem, Issue 18.1)
  
• Cortney Lamar Charleston, “It’s Important I Remember That Enslaved People Married Here—” (poem, Issue 18.2)
  
• Peter LaBerge “False Indigo” (poem, Issue 18.2)
  
  

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

Poetry:

• JD Debris, “[those ‘mexicans for golovkin’ shirts]“
  
• Cristi Donoso Best, “Caul“
  
• Romeo Oriogun, “Those Statues of Old“
  
• Allison Pitinii Davis, “The Neighborhood Girls Sabotage the Dairy Queen Order“
  
• Danni Quintos, “Milkfish“
  
• Alina Stefanescu, “Why One Cloud Is Kin to Not Liking“
  
  

Nonfiction:

• Anni Liu, “On Injury“
  
• JJ Peña, “boysenberry marmalade“
  
  

Fiction:

• Carl Lavigne, “The Walking River“
  
• Julia LoFaso, “Professional Makeup“

Last but not least, here’s our nomination for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers:

• Patch Kirschenbaum, “For Future Reference: Notes on the 7-10 Split” (Issue 18.1)

Best of luck to each of our wonderful nominees!