Links to stories published in 2024 which are eligible for various speculative and literary/poetry awards. Categories include: fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Organized by length: micro (400 words or less), flash fiction (1000 words or less), short stories (5000 words or less), and poetry.
Thank you for your consideration!
FICTION
Micro:
Mortality Error, Small Wonders Year 2 Special Backer Issue, December 7, 2024 (278 words) (Scifi)
That Kind of Girl, Flash Boulevard, October 19, 2024 (253 words) (Lit) Nominated for Best Microfiction 2025!
We Held Hands, We Held Fire, Bullet Points, October 15, 2024 (100 words) (Scifi) (originally published in March, 2023)
Crossroads Diner Blues, 1937, Centaur Lit, August 1, 2024 (291 words) (Literary Fantasy – Prose poem) Reviewed in Maria’s Reading. Nominated for Best Microfiction 2025!
Point of Origin, Flash Flood Journal, June 15, 2024 (298 words) (Scifi)
Wild Bill’s Last Ride, Hex Literary, Jan.2, 2024. Reprinted in Mothman was Here: Tales of the Uncanny anthology, Sept. 16, 2024. (263 words) (Horror/Lit)
Flash:
Loose Ends, Nature Futures, December 6, 2024, (923 words) (Scifi) (paywall, free pdf here)
Amygdala, Flash Boulevard, October 19, 2024, (739 words) (Lit) (scroll past the first story)
Soda-Pop Job, Intrepidus Ink, October 16, 2024, (1000 words) (Action/Spy) Nominated for the Pushcart Prize!
Suburban Survival, Writers Resist, June 20, 2024, (514 words) (Lit)
Tascadora, Texas, 1935, Paperbark, Issue 5, Jan. 15, 2024, (419 words) (Historical/Lit) (Text available for awards consideration via contact form)
Firefly Boys, WOW Women on Writing, Feb. 9, 2024, (696 words) (Literary Fantasy)
Short Stories:
Urban Asset, The Lit Nerds, June 10, 2024, (2255 words) (Action/Comedy)
Metalloid Blues, SNAFU: Comms (Cohesion Press), May 28, 2024, (4997 words) (Scifi/Horror) (Text available for awards consideration only.) Included on the BSFA longlist!
Daily Dozen, Shortwave Magazine, May 15, 2024, (1996 words) (Horror)
A Gift of Sweetness and Spice, All Worlds Wayfarer, March 12, 2024, (1181 words) (Fantasy) (Text available for awards consideration via contact form)
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Limeade Thunder, Syncopation Lit, Feb. 12, 2024, (461 words) (Lit/Historical CNF) (originally published in The Potential of Radio and Rain in Feb. 2023)
POETRY
Crossroads Diner Blues, 1937, Centaur Lit, August 1, 2024 (291 words) (Literary Fantasy – Prose poem) (I’m listing this in the poetry category as well as micro because I’m never sure exactly where to put these hybrid pieces. Thank the stars for publications that celebrate hybrid works!)
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