Pushcart Prize Nominees 2022
Fiction
Fly Fishing with God by Andrew Bertaina
Silver Rings by Aimee Parkison
Choices by Anna Hundert
Poetry
Lilith with Snake, with Body by Kathryne David Gargano
Kuchisabishii by Kathleen Hellen
Arroz Con Leche by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez
Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2022
A Universe Waiting to Be Born by Cathy Ulrich (selected)
Fly Fishing with God by Andrew Bertaina (longlisted)
The Painted Moth by Jennifer Fliss (longlisted)
A Closed Door with a Keyhole by L Mari Harris (longlisted)
Best New Poets Nominees 2022
Anatomy of a House Fire by Stella Lei
Arroz Con Leche by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez
LAMBDA Award for
Transgender Poetry 2022
Salamat sa Intersectionality by Dani Putney (finalist)
Best Small Fictions Nominees 2022
After 70 Years in the Ice, Steve Rogers Visits Whole Foods by Emily Capettini
No Running by Taylor Clarke
The Roadrunner by Brianne M. Kohl
This Isn’t Anything by Francine Witte (selected as a winner)
Casey Who Exorcises People by Eric Rasmussen
Best Microfiction Nominees 2022
Laughing with Anne Hathaway by Megan M. Garwood
Other Husbands by M.L. Krishnan
Bill Murray Terraforms Mars by Robbie Maakestad
Hearing Paired by Sara Nović
So Much an Outlaw I Belong on a Wanted Poster by Holly Pelesky
Where There’s Smoke by Leslie Walker Trahan (selected as a winner)
Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize
for Emerging Writers Nominees 2022
Dorothy Grows a Beard by Joy Guo
Meat Bag by Hannah Gregory
Five Things I Admire About Tudi by Olivia Post
Best of the Net Nominees 2022
Fiction
The Reality Star Gets Her Start on a Dating Show by Kyra Kondis
Jumping the Shark by Jennifer Wortman
Poetry
Teratoma by Keshe Chow
Portrait of a Womb as Painted by Flies by Ashley Dailey
Meeting Octavio Paz on the Planet Jupiter by Jose Hernandez Diaz
The Goblin King’s Love Language by Rita Feinstein
my mouth is full of words i don’t know by Monica Kim
Anatomy of a House Fire by Stella Lei