As usual, thank you to all the contributors to *82 Review . I always have a hard time deciding, but please know I love you all! Here are the nominations from Star 82 Review (and links to the works) for Best of the Net from 2022-2023, issues 10.3, 10.4, 11.1, and 11.2. Good luck! The faucet is leaking dear by Jessie Lian Goodbye by Ivars Balkits Prison Poetry Reading by Paul Hostovsky The Lost and Found by Peter Cherches Experiment 6.13.22 by Jessica Hsu The Sea Speaks by Royal Rhodes * Chrysalises by Amy Marques Meditations in the Center of a Maelstrom by Leslie Benigni * Live Wire by Mark Foss Our Last Summer in Santa Cruz by Deepti Nalavade Mahule * Baby Elephant by Kay Bradner Singe by Kristina Nobleman Spadefoot Spasm by Lauren Ari

It's that time of year again, when I have the difficult decision of nominating a handful of pieces from a wealth of good stuff. The best part is that I get to revisit all the work, rereading all the issues and delighting in the poems, stories, and artwork all over again. Here are the nominations for Best of the Net . Good luck to all! * My Command Alone by Diane Webster http://www.star82review.com/9.3/webster-command.html In a College Hill Bar by Andrej Bilovsky  http://www.star82review.com/9.3/bilovsky-bar.html Morning Snow by B. Dixon http://www.star82review.com/9.4/dixon-morning.html On Reading The Secret Garden by Martha Christina http://www.star82review.com/10.1/christina-reading.html Unclear on the Concept by Jeff Armbruster http://www.star82review.com/10.2/armbruster-unclear.html Pill Box by Veronica Ashenhurst http://www.star82review.com/10.2/ashenhurst-pill.html * Bambooza by Jennifer Lai http://www.star82review.com/10.2/lai-bambooza.html In My Desk by Shira Musicant...

 I love all the work that I publish in Star 82 Review , so it is always difficult to nominate only a handful for various contests. Here are the nominations for 2020-2021 Best of the Net , covering eligible issues 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, and 9.2, and from Star 82 Press, to the fullest extent allowed. To all the contributors ever, listed or not: thank you for your continuing interest and support of *82 Review; you are appreciated and loved. Good luck to all the nominees! POETRY Sleep Study by Heikki Huotari Making Up by Trivarna Hariharan When Trapped by Christian Hanz Lozada The Boxer by Sandra Kacher Rain by M.C. Aster Nostalgia by Deonte Osayande STORIES The Kiss by Simon Howells Hidden Teeth by Rachel Prizant Kotok NONFICTION Super Human by Nam Hoang Tran Gypsy Taxi by Lindsey LeCroy ART The Pool by Cara Goldstein Saying Goodbye by Lia Mageira Still Life with Reflecting Globe by Geonni Banner

Here are the nominations for the ten pieces allowed by Sundress Publications' Best of the Net , selected from Star 82 Review issues 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, and 8.2. Contributors, chosen or not, I love you all.  Good luck everyone! Shared Struggles by Deonte Osayande Why We Sing by Oak Morse Oatmeal Cookies by Tracy Ann Johnson pi- stash -ee-oo, stah -shee-oh by Seth Grindstaff Not Quite Autumn by Martha Christina Plastic Loss by Yash Seyedbagheri There is a pigeon in the airport by Angie King Fish Kills by Emily Weber Still Dogwood by Carmen Gordon-Rein Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewidowed by Melissa Knox

As always, Contributors, whether you were nominated or not, I love all of your work. Here are the six poems, two fictions, two creative nonfictions nominated by *82 for 2018-19 Best of the Net, Sundress Publications . Good luck to everyone! POETRY Fall 6.3 Thinning Beets by Martha Christina http://www.star82review.com/6.3/christina-beets.html Fall 6.3 Flip it on the Solstice and rotate on the Equinox by Kali Lightfoot http://www.star82review.com/6.3/lightfoot-flip.html Winter 6.4 Stanley by Gale Acuff http://www.star82review.com/6.4/acuff-stanley.html Spring 7.1 Plane after plane by Simon Perchik http://www.star82review.com/7.1/perchik-plane.html Summer 7.2 Borders and Boundaries by Carol Dorf http://www.star82review.com/7.2/dorf-borders.html Summer 7.2 Gardening by Sarah Shapiro http://star82review.com/7.2/shapiro-gardening.html FICTION Fall 6.3 The Angels’ Day Job by Ona SIporin http://www.star82review.com/6.3/siporin-angels.html Fall ...