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...

And there are more to nominate: Sonder Press runs their contest for Best Small Fictions Anthology each year, asking editors to nominate five short works of fiction, micro fiction, prose poems, haibun, and the like, all under 1000 words. Here are the nominations from Star 82 Review for 2022. Good luck everyone! And happy new year and love to all. 10.1 Sailboat by Barbara Diehl The Real Deal by Chris Bullard 10.2 Bambooza by Jennifer Lai 10.3 Chrysalises by Amy Marques Wintering Sun by Jessie Lian

These are the nominations from Star 82 Review for Best Small Fictions , 2021: Sticky Notes by dl mattila (9.2) Running a "Gauntlet" by Bill Vernon (9.1) Identity Theft by Jon Fain (9.1) Butterflies and Moths by Star Su (9.1) Milestones by Jacob Schrodt (9.1) Good luck to all the nominees! And to all the contributors: please know that I value and appreciate you and all your work.