Here are Synkroniciti’s nominations for Best of the Net from July 1st, 2023 to June 30th, 2024. This list includes some of our favorite work from “Broken,” “Family,” and “Vulnerable.” We did not nominate any artists from “Space” for Best of the Net this year, but “Space” poets dominated the poetry field in last year’s Pushcarts and “Space” flash fiction writers dominated that field for Best Small Fictions earlier this year. Artists in “Family” and “Vulnerable” are eligible for the Pushcarts coming later this fall and for Best Small Fictions in January.
Visual artists, this was really tough–we chose three very different pieces in different media to honor the incredible range of artwork we receive.
If we’ve published you, know that we already think you are a winner. Good luck, everyone!
Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash
POETRY
David Holper, “The Earthquake” from “Broken”
Annette Boushey Holland, “Picking Blackberries” from “Family”
Jennifer Maloney, “Cellar Dwellers, 1977” from “Family”
Jill Crainshaw, “now i lay me down to sleep” from “Family”
Martha Sherick Shen, “Hollywood Juniper” from “Vulnerable”
Kiyoshi Hirawa, “A Brief History of Druzhyna” from “Vulnerable”
FICTION
Ryan Deegan, “Just a Lighthouse” from “Vulnerable”
Karen Lea Armstrong, “Crush” from “Vulnerable”
NON-FICTION
Sara Collie, “Remembering Aurora” from “Broken”
Angelique Jamail, “The Kirby Store” from “Family”
ART
Viktoriia Sorochuk, “The Graces” from “Vulnerable”
Amber Cohen, “Skull Bride” from “Vulnerable”
Sabrina Mazzola Roguljic, “On the surface” from “Vulnerable”