Nominations

• “Fire Season” by Rachel Unger, Issue 15

• “Travel By Numbers” by Tamara Yewchuk, Issue 15

• “I May As Well Become a Ghost” by Violet Mitchell, Issue 15

• “Unspooling” by Adrianna Sanchez-Lopez, Issue 15

• “Apiary Moonrise” by Andrew Aulino, Issue 16

• “who does a father belong to?” by Pete Hyberger, Issue 16

• “Michael is Falling In Love” by Mia Arias Tsang, Issue 16

• “The Boy Who Spoke in Rain” by József-Sándor Török, Issue 16

Revealing in late January 2026

• “Fragmentary” by Cor de Wulf, Issue 14

• “Painting on a Motel Wall” by Veronica Wasson, Issue 14

• “Moving Into the House on Somatic St.” by Meredith Herndon, Issue 14

• “Conversation with my grandfather, 15 months a widower” by Rosalie Hendon, Issue 14

• “RICKENBACKER” by Lawrence Bridges, Issue 14

Wildcard Award

• “Autumnal” by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, Issue 15

• “How Not to Defuse a Bomb” by Frances Klein, Issue 15

• “Twenty-Five Covid Minutes in an Anechoic Chamber with Three Strangers, Orfield Laboratories, Feb 1, 2022” by Sara Dovre Wudali, Issue 15

Haunting Award

• “Every angry word” by Jason Morphew, Issue 15

• “My Souls” by Samantha Stiers, Issue 15

• “The Whiteness of the Gallop” by Richard Fox, Issue 15

Editor’s Choice Award

• “Autobiography of a Time Traveler” by Christa Rohrbach, Issue 15

• “Glossary for a Storm” by Joanna Gordon, Issue 15 — FINALIST

• “Fire Season” by Rachel Unger, Issue 15