Announcing Big Other’s Nominations for Best Small Fictions 2027!

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions for inclusion in Best Small Fictions 2027 (Black Lawrence Press):

Noy Holland’s “Colossal”

Jason Schwartz’s “Carrion Bull”

Thanks, in advance, to Series Editor Michelle Ross and everyone at Black Lawrence Press!

(Image: William Love’s photomicrograph of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) crystals (1978))

John Madera is the author of Nervosities (Anti-Oedipus Press, 2024) and Nomad Science (Spuyten Duyvil Press, forthcoming in 2026). His fiction is also published in Conjunctions, Salt Hill, Hobart, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many other journals. His poetry is also published in elimae, Sixth Finch, Contrapuntos, and elsewhere. His criticism 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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