The use of oil is found in many religions and cultures. It has been used during special ceremonies . . . Olive oil was used to anoint the early kings of the Greeks and Jews. The Greeks anointed winning athletes.  ~the Olive Oil Source, 2018

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 BEST SMALL FICTIONS ANTHOLOGY:

Gary Duehr, “The Cough” by Gary Duehr (Issue 13)

Mark Benedict, “Shame Vigilantes” (Issue 13)

Abbie Doll, “let it breathe, let it blend” (Issue 14)

Allison Plourde, “Entrance to Franzia” (Issue 14)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2025 BEST MICROFICTION ANTHOLOGY

Susannah Winters Simpson, “Starvation Peak” (Issue 13)

Brynn Saito, “Slow Burning Ancestor” (Issue 13)

Brynn Saito, “In the Arrowless Season” (Issue 13)

Peter Leight, “When I Put Out My Hands I'm Not Holding On to Anything” (Issue 14)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2025 PUSHCART PRIZE XLIX ANTHOLOGY

Justin Lacour, “The Apple” (Issue 13)

Susan Rich, “What I Learned from I Dream of Jeannie” (Issue 13)

Brynn Saito, “In the Arrowless Season” (Issue 13)

Charles Cobean, “Santa Amnesia” (Issue 14)

Trinh Lê, “Rosary for Ruth Asawa” (Issue 14)

Kayla Simon, “Do I Want To Be Her” (Issue 14)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2024 BEST NEW POETS ANTHOLOGY

Ellen Zhang, “Terminal 162” (Issue 11)

Yuna Kang, “Desiccations” (Issue 13)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2024 BEST MICROFICTION ANTHOLOGY

John Findura, “Dream w/ You In It” (Issue 11)

Elizabeth Porter, “A Portrait of a Slow-motion Water Crisis” (Issue 11)

Ellen Zhang, “Terminal 162” (Issue 11)

Tobi Alfier, “A Slice of Lourdes” (Issue 12)

Wayne Mok, “Gwaai Zai” (Issue 12)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2024 PUSHCART PRIZE XLVII ANTHOLOGY:

Kathryn de Leon, “Looking Through a Blue Bowl” (Issue 11)

Hibah Shabkhez, “Zee and Zed” (Issue 11)

Hollie Dugas, “My love is a hard-won landfill,” (Issue 11)

Maureen Alsop, “Year of the Hare” (Issue 12)

Frank Freeman, “blue snow” (Issue 12)

Thomas Elson, “Trapped Inside” (Issue 12)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2021 BEST MICROFICTION ANTHOLOGY

Elane Kim, “Floriculture” (Issue 6)

Shareen K. Murayama, “Arrhythmia” (Issue 6) WINNER!

Sarahana Shrestha, “Behind That Wall is the Sea” (Issue 5)

Grace Song, “Forrest Gump” (Issue 5)

Francine Witte, “Hoot”(Issue 5)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2020 PUSHCART PRIZE XLIV ANTHOLOGY:

Benjamin Davis, "Psalm 94" (Issue 4)

Richard Garcia, "The New The" (Issue 4)

Corinne Leong, “Where the Rest Went” (Issue 3)

Douglas Manuel, "Flashlight" (Issue 4)

Margarita Serafimova, "[Life is running its course.]" (Issue 4)

Cathy Ulrich, “Being the Murdered Student” (Issue 3)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2020 BEST MICROFICTION ANTHOLOGY:

Jessica Adams, "The Gathering Impulse" (Issue 4)

Richard Garcia and Carol Potter, "The Hotel" (Issue 4)

Katie Manning, "The New Owner Invited Me In" (Issue 4)

Hema Nataraju, "For Two Blue Lines" (Issue 4) WINNER!

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2019 BEST OF THE NET ANTHOLOGY:

for FICTION:

Corinne Leong, “Where the Rest Went” (Issue 3)

Cathy Ulrich, “Being the Murdered Student” (Issue 3)

for POETRY:

Brendan Constantine, “In All Likelihood” and “When You Can Get It” (Issue 2)

Tina Kelley, “Which Are You, And Who Wins?” (Issue 3)

Clyde Kessler, “Mirrors” (Issue 3)

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, “Miss Sahar Listens to Fairuz Sing ‘Take Me’” (Issue 3)

Simon Perchik, “[You inhale the way this sand]” (Issue 2)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2019 BEST NEW POETS ANTHOLOGY:

Ray Ball, “After reading discourses about how a bird can be prepared for a banquet so that its feathers remain intact by exsanguinating it through the mouth and careful use of damp cloths.” (Issue 2)

Ahrend Torrey, “Li Po” (Issue 2)

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2019 BEST SMALL FICTIONS ANTHOLOGY:

Risa Denenberg, “why I hate to cry” (Issue 2)

Anastasia Jill, “[This kombucha was brewed in the kitchen sink]” (Issue 2)

Sara Siddiqui Chansakar, “For a Chocolate Bar” (Issue 2)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2019 PUSHCART PRIZE XLIII ANTHOLOGY:

Ray Ball, “After reading discourses about how a bird can be prepared for a banquet so that its feathers remain intact by exsanguinating it through the mouth and careful use of damp cloths.” (Issue 2)

Daisy Bassen, “Queens” (Issue 2)

Brendan Constantine, “In All Likelihood” (Issue 2)

Risa Denenberg, “why I hate to cry” (Issue 2)

Tanya Grae, “Sunday School” (Issue 2)

Simon Perchik, “[You inhale the way this sand]” (Issue 2)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2018 BEST OF THE NET ANTHOLOGY:

Sarah Blake, “Snow White’s Dreaming” (Issue 1)

William Doreski, “The Duel in Eugene Onegin” (Issue 1)

Naoko Fujimoto, “Pochi or Kuro” (Issue 1)

Genevieve Kaplan, “(ladies vary)” (Issue 1)

Michael Schmeltzer, “In the City of No Children” (Issue 1)

Heidi Seaborn, “tealeaves” (Issue 1)

NOMINATIONS FOR the 2018 BEST NEW POETS ANTHOLOGY:

Beverly Lafontaine, “My Mother and MLK” (Issue 1)

Heidi Seaborn, “tealeaves” (Issue 1)