Here are Synkroniciti’s nominations for Best of the Net from July 1st, 2024 to June 30th, 2025. This list includes some of our favorite work from “Belonging,” “Haunting,” “Identity” and “Recovery.” Artists featured in “Identity” and “Recovery” who haven’t been named for Best of the Net are still eligible for the Pushcarts, the Best Short Story Anthology, and Best Small Fictions.
If we’ve published you, we already think you are a winner. Good luck, everyone!
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POETRY
Doug Jacquier, “Reflections” from “Belonging”
Suzanna C. de Baca, “What is the Coyote Saying” from “Haunting”
Akua Lezli Hope, “Black Orpheus V” from “Identity”
Gabriela Manolova, “The Demon Woman” from “Identity”
Angela Waldie, “Song for Winter Solstice” from “Recovery”
Sara McAulay, “One That Got Away” from “Recovery”
FICTION
Shelly Lowenkopf, “Chekhov’s Croissant” from “Identity”
Stephen Dean Ingram, “Alana” from “Identity”
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Jonathan Yungkans, “We See Only Postures of the Dream” from “Identity”
Annette Boushey Holland, “Circling” from “Recovery”
ART
Rachael Ikins, Shelter from “Belonging”
Lynden Cline, Violations of the human spirit are never forgotten from “Identity”
Mercedes Marin Giménez, Tochtli deborandose la luna (Tochtli devouring the moon) from “Identity”