This is also a continued call for submissions to the spring issue of Star 82 Review , issue number 45, or 12.1. That's twelve years, volume one for 2024. Guidelines are here . This issue is due to be released mid-late March, so send for this issue by the end of February (extra day, it's a leap year!) for a chance to be included with our friend, the burrowing owl.

Catching up on posting the nominations from 2023 now that all the issues are available, here is the list and the links (if nominated to more than one, only one link is shown). This is very hard as I love all the work I publish! What makes it even harder is that more and more I am getting wonderful work that defies categories. Thank you to each and every contributor for that and for all the prose and poetry and art. And good luck to the nominees! Best Small Fictions (under 1000 words) The Magic at the Mountain by CLS Sandoval (11.2) Low Tide by Georgia Riordan (11.2) The Next Chapter by Rebecca Buller (11.1) Perhaps, After the Next Funeral… by Hibah Shabhez (11.1) Toast by Desiree Kannel (11.3) Best Microfiction (400 or fewer words) Deep Sea by Phoebe Shaw (11.4) Toast by Desiree Kannel (11.3) The Lost and Found by Peter Cherches (11.1) The Line by Marc Isaac Potter (11.4) Mostar Host by Michelle Matthees (11.3) Pushcart Prize (any length) Our Last Summer at Santa Cruz by Dee