We’re excited to share the finalists for this year’s BarBe awards! These exceptional works stood out among many incredible submissions. Below is the list of nominees in each category, with winners highlighted.
Fiction
🏆 Sam Levy – Devils Breed in Still Waters
A.N. Kersey – Exiled and Living
J.T. Townley – Superheaters: A Forum
Shannon Viola – The Tiny Head of St. Agnes
Simon A. Smith – The Old You
Zoe Moon – Stages of Decay
Flash Fiction
🏆 Huina Zheng – Whispering Blossoms
Deirdre McGee – Happens to the Best of Us
Steven French – Spotting that Elusive Black Hole Wake Surfer
Thomas J. Misuraca – Marked Safe
Tom Laichas – The World We Live In, 3 vols., by the Editors of Life
Nonfiction
🏆 Leslie Lisbona – Regine’s
Caridad Cole – For Sale
Franchon Whitby – The Rhinestone Ninja
Michaela Brady – Standing on Your Porch
Zane Perdue – Rembrandtstrasse
Poetry
🏆 Electra McNeil – A Drowning
Abby Hosterman – Winning Therapy
Allie Nadeau – An Exorcism on Antidepressants
Dan Alter and Yakir Ben Moshe – After I was orphaned from myself, I got hungry
Emily Adams-Aucoin – Tapestry
Emily Johnson – Do-It-Yourself-Help
Mags Brown – Class of 2021
Patrick Meed – You Ain’t Paying Me To Sing
The Shortlist
In addition to these nominees and winners, we’re proud to present The Shortlist, a print anthology featuring all of these works as well as other outstanding pieces that were shortlisted for consideration. This collection showcases some of the best writing we received this year, and we can’t wait for you to read it.
Learn more about The Shortlist and how to order your copy by following the link below:
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