Best of the Net 2027

Congratulations to our 2027 Best of the Net nominees!

Poetry

• “The Bay of Bengal” by Sarah Elizabeth Das Gupta
• “On Hearing Beverly Glenn-Copeland” by David Hanlon
• “The Moon Checked In Under Your Name” by Layla Lenhardt
• “i build boats” by Atlas Moss
• “Abyssal Woman” by Cee Pugsley
• “Cumaean Confession” by Bianca De Nobrega Silva

Fiction

• “Pappy once said all old photographs hold a haunt” by Lauren Kardos
• “A Gift from the Sky” by Fox Rivera

Creative non-fiction

• “The Age of Ice” by Karen Crawford
• “Pedro Pascal and Public Library Summer” by Amanda Wittman

Art

• “colossal squid in black and white” by Robert Fleming
• “middle of june” by nat raum
• “Edification” by TYC

This year’s consideration included fantastic work spread between our pop culture/arts blog & our summer literary issue, “Depths.”

Thank you to all of our contributors & everyone who submitted to our calls. The independent writing community is rich with talented & dedicated writers. Every time we have to make a decision on what to include or nominate, we struggle. Thank you for making our lives difficult, your creativity & passion keeps us going!