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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Congratulations and best of luck to -ette’s 2027 Best of the Net Anthology nominees! @bestofthenet.bsky.social Lauren Camp Theodore Heil @yukondawn.bsky.social Marc Kaufman @rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social @bybethhahn.bsky.social

2027 Best of the Net Anthology
Nominees

POETRY
Lauren Camp "A Spell Addressed to a Friend"
Theodore Heil "Rubbing Elbows"
Dawn Macdonald "Leaf Rust"

FICTION
Marc Kaufman "Speak of the Woman"
Rachel Kowalsky "Dear Dolores"

ARTWORK
Beth Hahn, cover -ette Issue 6: "Roulette"
Beth Hahn, illus."Speak of the Woman"
Beth Hahn, illus. "When Do Dahlias Bloom?"

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Congratulations and best of luck to -ette’s Best Small Fictions 2027 nominees! First half 2026: @aabalaskovits.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social 2025 (previously announced): @suzyeynon.bsky.social

Best Small Fictions 2027
Nominees

(published January 1-July 31, 2026)
A.A. Balaskovits - "The Obedient and the Bitch"
Natalie Marino - "On Impossibility"
Adam McOmber - "Things That Are Ghosts"
Nora Nadjarian - "What They Knew"
Meg Pokrass - "How to Mend a Son's Broken Heart"

(published 2025)
Mathieu Cailler - “Four of a Kind” & “My Evening with Marilyn"
Laura Cronk - "The Chance"
Suzy Eynon - "Landlines"
Nora Esme Wagner - “Closer Than They Appear"

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

SUBS CLOSE TONIGHT @ MIDNGHT (EST) Subs are open for our “Suffragette” issue. (We’re reading for a future unthemed issue too!) Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Prose Poetry No fee. Deadline: September 1 Full details here ettereview.com/submit/

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

*ONE MORE WEEK TO SUBMIT!* Subs are open for our “Suffragette” issue. (We’re reading for a future unthemed issue too!) Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Prose Poetry No fee. Deadline: September 1 Full details here ettereview.com/submit/

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Submissions are now open for our “Suffragette” issue. (We’re reading for a future unthemed issue too!) Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Prose Poetry No fee. Deadline: September 1 Full details here ettereview.com/submit/

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"(Points: you have almost made him smile)." "Remind him that everything gets better. Show him your new cat." @megpokrass.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/p...

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“What is the difference between recipes and a spell book?” Answers linger in the gaps and in-betweens in this charmer by Mykki Rios ettereview.com/summer2026/r...

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

And listen to Meg talk about her work in our companion podcast, pod-ette open.spotify.com/episode/6gAx...

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Episode 8 - Kittenette

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“Remind him how lost he felt after she later disappeared without a word, leaving strands of long blue hair on the furniture.” A new micro from the great @megpokrass.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/p...

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“The Sky Is Falling” Dogs look up in wonder while everyone else looks down at their phones in this timely micro by @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/o...

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“It was the cats, always the cats…” A pair of felines become fierce witnesses to human secrets in “What They Knew” by @noranadj.bsky.social Listen to Nora talk about her inspiration for the piece and Melanie Hoopes read it aloud on our companion podcast, pod-ette. ettereview.com/summer2026/n...

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Eileen Tomarchio @eileentomarchio.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Incredible work in this new issue of @ettereview.bsky.social 👏💫

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“Wolves switch on and off.” Contrasts catalyze a fleeting summer mood in this gem of a prose poem by @christophercitro.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/c...

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In @aabalaskovits.bsky.social dark fairy tale “The Obedient and the Bitch,” a dutiful daughter sets out on an epic quest to outsmart Death. Read it in our Summer issue! ettereview.com/summer2026/b...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"I knew they knew and they knew I knew." I love this gem by @noranadj.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social 💙💙💙 ettereview.com/summer2026/n...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"Tell him you have been through all of this too." Big love for this extraordinary piece by @megpokrass.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social 💙💙💙 ettereview.com/summer2026/p...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"In this world of ours, bad news collects like condensation on car windows and bus stop benches,...." Wow, this phenomenal prose poem (perfect last line!) by @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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A.A. Balaskovits @aabalaskovits.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Honored to have my latest in @ettereview.bsky.social amongst these wonderful writers, and a beautiful issue

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A new episode, “Kittenette,” of our companion podcast, pod-ette, just dropped! Host @melaniehoopes.bsky.social chats with Meg Pokrass @megpokrass.bsky.social Nora Nadjarian @noranadj.bsky.social Cat lovers, this one’s for you! open.spotify.com/episode/6gAx...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"The sky is falling and all anyone wants to do is look down at their phones, necks bowed in prayer over glowing handheld screens" What a brilliant opening line from @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social. Such a great exploration of message.

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Remind him about the girlfriend with stretchy muscles, a genetic disease. How he’d pick her up and carry her around the house, made it fun" The juxtapositions in this from @megpokrass.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social - exquisite writing; love the way it builds ettereview.com/summer2026/p...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"It was the cats, always the cats, one white, one grey." Love the sense of what's buried in this micro from @noranadj.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social; so much buried underneath ettereview.com/summer2026/n...

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Nora Nadjarian @noranadj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Check out this wonderful issue of -ette. Grateful and happy to be in it ❤️

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thank you! We ❤️ our writers!

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Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I have a new prose poem published in -ette review today. It’s called “The Sky is Falling.” ettereview.com/summer2026/o... @ettereview.bsky.social

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"You feel you could live in one of those houses, that one with pointed roof and buttercup trim, standing among actual mountains, green valleys everywhere mountains aren’t" Wonderfully creative micro from @christophercitro.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/c...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"What is the difference between recipes and a spell book? Is anything more precious than the liminal?" A stunner woven with magic from @mykkirioswrites.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/r...

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Mykki Rios @mykkirioswrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Absolutely honored to be in such a lovely issue as this, please check out my piece 'COMMIT THIS TO MEMORY'

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New issue, new podcast, new call for submissions! -ette’s 2026 summer issue features fresh, new work by @aabalaskovits.bsky.social @christophercitro.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social @mykkirioswrites.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/

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Christopher Citro @christophercitro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A summer afternoon trimming some blackberry bushes in the backyard, followed by reviewing the proofs of my prose poem, "A Bee Lands a Yellow Violet Sags," soon to appear in the beautiful @ettereview.bsky.social !

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We’ll be opening for submissions soon! (Theme: suffragette). Join our mailing list or follow us here for updates

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Congratulations to Jessica Barlevi (“Forest of Light,” spring 2025) and @triciaknoll.bsky.social (“The Only Explanation,” (winter 2025) for making the Long List!

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Best Microfiction 2026 is here! We’re so proud to see work by @josehernandezdz.bsky.social and @mattleibel.bsky.social that originally appeared in -ette! Congratulations also to -ette contributors Kathleen McGookey and Devan Murphy!

Front cover of Best Microfiction 2026. Book is sitting on wooden table. Cover illustration shows a line drawing of people sitting in a cafe. Text says Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, series editors, Diane Seuss, guest editor.

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

yay, I just received my personalized "Best Microfiction 2026" banner! Love it. The anthology will publish July 7th so keep an eye out for it... Thanks to the Editors at Ette Review and the team at "Best Microfiction" including judge, the iconic Diane Seuss...

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Matt Leibel @mattleibel.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This comes out July 7. Cool to be included, insane lineup of good writers here. www.bestmicrofiction.com/books/2026.h...

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thanks @chillsubs for including us on their list of litmags that nominate for the Pushcart Prize and don’t charge sub fees!

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Thank you, @smokelong.bsky.social for including us!!! We’ll be re-opening for subs in June for our fall suffragette- themed issue (and for an unthemed issue too!)

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Congratulations to Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social, whose story from our Cassette issue, “Layered House,” is now available in print in Best Small Fictions 2025 @altcurrent.bsky.social

Cover of Best Small Fictions 2025 flash, hai in, micro and hybrid nominated by indie presses aroundd the world 110 authors guest editor Robert Shapiro

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