Namaskar.

We are glad to nominate the following poems and short stories for the Best of the Net Prize. Our editors selected the following works. The selection does not reflect on the quality of our other submissions.

If you wish to list here, be sure to submit to our themed, open, and special issue calls. Please check Submit to view the guidelines and calls.

Thanks.

Shashi Kadapa - Managing Editor; Savita Narayan - Fiction Editor; Chaitali Gawade - Poetry Editor

 

3. BOTN 2021 - Best of the Net Nominations for Works Published July 1st, 2020 - June 30th, 2021

Poetry Nominations

 

Malene Dee Gray Potoura, Papua New Guinea - When rifles reign	Theresa Gaynord, U.S. My Abuelita	Rahana Ismail, India - Two Sunsets	John Brantingham, US - I am
Caroline Reddy, US - A Sacred Dance	Lynn White, UK - From The Beach

 

Short Story Nominations

 

Melissa Jerry-Stoute, Trinidad & Tobago - When The Cock Crows

Niles Reddick, US -Leave it to a Beaver

 

 

2. Best of the Net Nominations for Works Published in July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020

Poetry Nominations

 

Jeri Thompson, US - Patches

Ruhina Taskin - US, Bangladesh - Dead Turtles

Ugochi Okoli, Nigeria - To the Broken Ones

Anila Nair, India - Gandharvan

 

Short Story Nominations

 

Conor Barnes, US - The Uncontrite Anchorite

Elaine Barnard, US - Holy Communion

 

 

1. Best of the Net Nominations for Works Published in July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019

 

Poetry Nominations

 

Samira Sadeque, Bangladesh/ NY Fire	Louella Sullivan, Grahamstown What you pack before the fire	Gabrielle Mohamed, Georgetown, Guyana De Birth ah de free Nashion
Elizabeth Grech, Malta and France Her Face	Dave Lewis, South Wales Embrace the space between	Xao Mannie, Johannesburg Leaves and Garden

 

 

Short Story Nominations

 

Rekha Valliappan, USA Murder at Malabar Hill

Carl Palmer, USA Roses are Red, Snow is White