2026 Microfiction & Small Fictions nominations

As the year starts to come to a close, we are pleased to announce more of our award nominations for stories published this year. For Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions, we have submitted the following stories for nomination.

All available to read for free:

Microfiction:

🚗 Eroticauto (AKA: A Carlequin Romance AKA: 50 Shades of Grease) by Erin Brandt Filliter

an engine gets a bit too steamy

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🍝 Blessed be the bolognese

by Christy Hartman

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🧜‍♀️ Siren call

by Lily Black

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Small Fictions:

⚠️ Cautionary by Laurence Raphael Brothers

a prescient path forward

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🪾 Decision Tree by Karama Neal

a prescient path forward

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🌀 The Big Blue Silence by Jon Hansen

A deafening distraction

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🎨 An Artist’s Journey by Jon Clendaniel

a true genius inspires

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🍝 Marinara, Marinara by Stuart Docherty

a messy mix-up

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