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Night Mid Night by John Simmons I woke in the dead of night, as often I do, lying there in the deep duvet darkness, listening, listening to shells telling the most dreadful stories from far away, oceans away, born...

5 months ago

John Simmons - "Night Mid Night"
stonecirclereview.com/night-mid-ni...
#BotN #BestOfTheNet

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Gaudy Night by Catherine Rockwood It was a time of disasters but very small ones. Friday, and a party on elsewhere. A bus for revelers arrived at New Hall. I saw it from the field outside on my way to a frie...

5 months ago

Catherine Rockwood (@martin65.bsky.social) - "Gaudy Night"
stonecirclereview.com/gaudy-night/
#BotN #BestOfTheNet

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in my dreams i saved us by Joel LeBlanc A voice sings a lullaby: “The animals went in two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah!” Noah is drunk in the corner, grieving the past, he thought the ark would make him happy. Naamah is wash...

5 months ago

Joel LeBlanc (@cottageinwood.bsky.social) - "in my dreams i saved us"
stonecirclereview.com/in-my-dreams/
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second skin by Leander He august closes like a wound. it’s tradition now: makemy parents cry every summer by injecting something new,cover myself with body hair and tattoos so that someoneelse will love me. th...

5 months ago

Leander He - "second skin"
stonecirclereview.com/second-skin/
#BotN #BestOfTheNet

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Girl à feuilles caduques by Carrie Chappell I know a bed can hold more than a sleeping body. I know a body can hold more than a sleeping girl. Parts of me, like branches, have always been erect, Have never slumbered. Under...

5 months ago

Carrie Chappell (@chapp010.bsky.social) - "Girl à feuilles caduques"
stonecirclereview.com/girl-a-feuil...
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Bertha by Sophia Carroll I take it in turns, governess & ungovernable. Woman who fears knife-shine laughter, & witch who descends from the attic. Voice calling over the moors & the one who answers it. ...

5 months ago

Sophia Carroll (@torpor-chamber.bsky.social) - "Bertha"
stonecirclereview.com/bertha/
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)

5 months ago

I am delighted to announce Stone Circle's 2026 Best of the Net nominees. Please take a moment to enjoy their wonderful poems again (links are below).

And please join me in congratulating them and wishing them the best of luck.

#BotN #BestOfTheNet

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Tracie Renee (she/her)

@tracierenee.bsky.social

5 months ago

Sure wish I could tell my uncle about this one.

Thank you, Orange Blossom Review, for including my CNF essay "Rubber Bands" on your 2025 #BOTN list.

orangeblossomreview.org/botn-pushcart/

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@nffr.bsky.social

5 months ago

And the Best of the Net Nominees are... | New Flash Fiction Review Congratulations to this year's Best of the Net nominees!

Delighted to announce our nominations for Best of the Net - @jackmmorris.bsky.social for "Ernst is coming home" and @kateaxeford.bsky.social for "The truths behind a pumpkin dare, Northern Alberta, 3rd July, 1991"

Best of the Net 2025 #BOTN #flashfiction
newflashfiction.com/and-the-best...

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Paul Connolly

@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social

5 months ago

Here's my recording of my poem Prefab, nominated for Best of the Net & published by @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social's @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social
#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity #BOTN

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Paul Connolly

@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social

5 months ago

Five Poems by Paul Connolly Lothlorien Poetry Journal Edited by Strider Marcus Jones Poet - Publishes poetry and fiction online and in print periodically. https://lothlorienp

I'm delighted to announce that
my poem Prefab (which can be found in the link below)
has been nominated for BEST OF THE NET
My boundless gratitude goes to @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social & @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social for nominating me 🙏

#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #BOTN

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Vikki C.

@vikkicwrites.bsky.social

5 months ago

Thank you @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for nominating 'Philosophy Fragment' for Best of the Net. Such great company too. Congratulations to all the nominees! ❤️

#poetrycommunity #BOTN

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale

@lozzawriting.bsky.social

5 months ago

I was delighted to find that I've been nominated in the #BOTN awards 2026 by @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for the poem Polyrhythmic Cake Mix.

Thanks so much to Editor Leia for the belief in my work.

Couldn't be happier.

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale

@lozzawriting.bsky.social

5 months ago

Best Of The Net 2026 Nominations Announcing our selections

We are delighted to announce the @frazzledlit.bsky.social nominations for #BOTN 2026! It's a real honour to get to choose these pieces, so a big THANK YOU to all of our contributors!

www.frazzledlit.com/p/best-of-th...

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Frazzled Lit *ISSUE 4 OUT NOW*

@frazzledlit.bsky.social

5 months ago

Best Of The Net 2026 Nominations Announcing our selections

We are delighted to announce the @frazzledlit.bsky.social nominations for #BOTN 2026! It's a real honour to get to choose these pieces, so a big THANK YOU to all of our contributors!

www.frazzledlit.com/p/best-of-th...

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What Causes Sir Gawain to Go at a Gallup Alliteration works constantly within the line, dynamic and integral, running through the poem manipulating its movement.

5 months ago

2nd creative nonfiction piece Forgotten Ground Regained is nominating to #BestOfTheNet:

@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social's "What Causes Sir Gawain to Go at a Gallop"

alliteration.net/info/what-causes-sir-gawain-to-go-at-a-gallup/ #BOTN #SirGawain #GreenKnight #poetrycommunity #alliterative #poetry

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The Landscape of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A tour through the Englisha and Welsh countryside that forms the backdrop to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

5 months ago

Editors can submit 2 pieces of "creative nonfiction" to #BestOfTheNet.

Forgotten Ground Regained's 1st nomination in the category:
@mythicalbritain.bsky.social's "The Modern Landscape of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight".

alliteration.net/info/the-landscape-of-sggk/ #BOTN #Gawain #GreenKnight

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian)

@kossworks.bsky.social

5 months ago

Really thrilled to get a Best of the Net Nomination for this piece about my ass published in Ran Off with the Star Bassoon. Thank you Rogan and staff, and congrats and good luck everyone! Read it here: ranoffwiththestarbassoon.com/koss/
#botn, #nomination, #fiction, #microfiction, #flash

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In the Beginning, an alliterative poem by John C. Mannone And out of heaven hovered a holy wind / over the face of the formless void / and from it came such grace ...

5 months ago

The 6th poem Forgotten Ground Regained is nominating for #BestOfTheNet is John C. Mannone's "In the Beginning"

But of the beasts, best born was man / who has the power, who has the might / to honor or destroy everything in sight

alliteration.net/poetry/in-the-beginning/ #BOTN #alliterative #poetry

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Grace, a poem in alliterative verse by Sarah Monnier The fighting flights above · and flyting in the streets / that meet and mesh, a maneuver both of minds / and of strength that staggers · between stone and rock ...

5 months ago

A fifth poem that Forgotten Ground Regained is nominating for #BestOfTheNet is @lore.house's "Grace".

Living through an epic in real time ...

alliteration.net/poetry/grace/ #BOTN #alliterative #poetry #poetrycommunity #protest #nokings #alliterativeverse

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Jennifer McMahon

@jmcm.bsky.social

5 months ago

Best Of The Net 2026 Nominations Announcing our selections

I'm delighted to announce the @frazzledlit.bsky.social nominations for #BOTN 2026! It's a real honour to get to choose these pieces, so a big THANK YOU to all of our contributors!
www.frazzledlit.com/p/best-of-th...

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