We are pleased to nominate the following fictions for inclusion in Best Microfiction 2026:
Kim Chinquee’s “Break the Glass”
Noy Holland’s “Colossal”
Aimee Parkison’s “Blackout Curtains”
Joanna Ruocco’s “iDeath”
Jason Schwartz’s “Carrion Bull”
Thanks in advance to editors Gary Fincke, Meg Pokrass, and Diane Seuss for your time and consideration!
(Image: Igor Robert Siwanowicz’s micrograph of a mallow pollen germinating on stigma while being parasitized by a filamentous fungus, 2025)
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John Madera is the author of Nervosities (Anti-Oedipus Press, 2024). His other fiction is published in Conjunctions, Salt Hill, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many other journals. His nonfiction is published in American Book Review, Bookforum, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, The Believer, The Brooklyn Rail, and many other venues. Recipient of an M.F.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University, two-time New York State Council on the Arts awardee John Madera lives in New York City, where he runs Rhizomatic and manages and edits Big Other.
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