Best of the Net Nominations 2026

Award nominations season is upon us once again. As always, it was difficult to choose—but we couldn’t be more thrilled to announce our nominees for Best of the Net 2026!

Art:
Shannon Louise Barry, “Doubling”
Mojtaba Taghvaei (aka “Moshtaba”), “Twins”
Daisuke Takakura, “Cerulean Whirlwinds”

Creative Nonfiction:
Kasey Butcher Santana, “Contraband Marginalia”
Dante Fuoco, “We’ve Got War to Cover”

Fiction:
Jack Barrie, “His Petrol Smell”
A.A. Tojino, “Ymelda’s Infinite Eels”

Poetry:
Kaitlyn Airy, “Mean Streak”
Alex Bortell, “Cruising in the Motor City”
Séamus Isaac Fey, “Tove’s Cento: Youth”
Laetitia Keok, “Minor Subjects”
Max Pasakorn, “Ghazal for My Gay Ass”
C. Russell Price, “Bisquick’s Dance Break”