EVERY YEAR Sundress Publications issues their prestigious Best of the Net anthology, devoted to spotlighting writing appearing online, in digital form. As this has been our chief focus of late– and as this may change, as we’re eager to return to analog print publishing– we decided this would be a good time to submit nominations. As we did last week, ten total, from both our main features and our Fast Pop Lit page, chosen for various reasons.

(Keep in mind that a literary project is limited to two fiction, two creative nonfiction, and six poetry nominations. Book reviews not allowed, unfortunately.)

Our ten nominees are:

Dominik Slusarczyk, “Little Church,” 9/11/2023.

Michael Maiello, “Jon Fosse: Reaction,” 10/05/2023.

James Croal Jackson, “Moment (October),” 10/18/2023.

Ali J. Prince, “Slick,” 11/17/2023.

Bela Seitz, “Give the People Guns,” 12/08/2023.

Ken Kakareka, “Encounter,” 2/20/2024.

James Lee, “Marillion On My Face,” 4/12/2024.

Perry Genovesi, “Sketch Rex,” 4/16/2024.

Brian Pilling, “Today’s Poetry Scene,” 5/13/2024.

Haoyi Zhang, “Ad Break,” 6/26/2024.

There were several pieces we would’ve liked to have nominated, but couldn’t or didn’t. Intense debate at New Pop Lit HQ? Maybe!

The chief idea was to choose those works whose writing and presentation best fit the digital medium. And frankly, we wanted the nominees to be eye-or-mind catching in some way, whether in aesthetic effect, in style, subject, or theme. How well we accomplished that will be for you– and for “Best of the Net” judges themselves– to judge.

-Karl and Kathleen