Award Nominations

Toasted Cheese nominates for the Best of the Web Anthology, Best of the Net Anthology, the storySouth Million Writers Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Micro Award, and The Best Creative Nonfiction anthology.

All regular submissions chosen as Featured Writing (i.e. work selected for inclusion by a majority of the editors) are eligible for nomination. Note that some competitions (e.g. Best of the Web, Million Writers Award) also consider other pieces published within the eligible time frame.

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Nominations for the 2014 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction published online between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014):

• “Gun” by Rick Bailey
• “The Rest of Me” by Katherine Botsis
• “Having Gone Places, We Came Back to the Car” by Brett Busang
• “Waiting” by Bea Chang
• “Talking About the Day” by Jim Daniels
• “As I stand by my window dreaming of falling” by Marchell Dyon
• “Unsolicited Advice” by Tyrek Greene
• “With Accompaniment by” by HC Hsu
• “Inheritance” by Susan Lago
• “The Cardiologist’s daughter is concerned” by Natasha Kochicheril Moni

Nominations for the 2014 storySouth Million Writers Award are (for fiction published online in 2013):

• “Waiting” by Bea Chang
• “Missing Notes” by Hall Jameson
• “Breakers” by Ralph Uttaro

Nominations for the Pushcart Prize XXXIX (for fiction, poetry, essays published by little magazines and small presses in 2013):

• “Having Gone Places, We Came Back to the Car” by Brett Busang
• “Waiting” by Bea Chang
• “Unsolicited Advice” by Tyrek Greene
• “With Accompaniment by” by HC Hsu
• “Missing Notes” by Hall Jameson
• “The Star Ferry” by Tim Suermondt

Nominations for the 2013 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction published online between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013):

• “Waiting on Grandfather” by Jeff Bernstein
• “Rain Diary” by Doug Bolling
• “Grausam” by Amber Kelly-Anderson
• “Suckers” by Melissa Leavitt
• “Suitcases” by Matthew Zanoni Müller
• “Perspective” by David Polochanin
• “The Summer We Never Had” by Cynthia Sharp
• “Tarmac” by Stacey Spencer
• “The Star Ferry” by Tim Suermondt. Selected as a finalist for the 2013 Best of the Net Anthology.
• “Dead Letters” by Diane Webster

Nominations for the 2013 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2012):

• “Vincent Under the Bed” by Elizabeth Buechner Morris
• “In My Old Neighborhood” by Ralph Uttaro
• “All the Money in the World” by Michael S. Wolfe

Nominations for the Pushcart Prize XXXVIII (for fiction, poetry, essays published by little magazines and small presses in 2012):

• “Rain Diary” by Doug Bolling
• “In Sun & Summer Dew” by B.T. Joy
• “Vincent Under the Bed” by Elizabeth Buechner Morris
• “The Summer We Never Had” by Cynthia Sharp
• “Eavesdropping” by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
• “All the Money in the World” by Michael S. Wolfe

Nominations for the 2012 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction published online between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012):

• “And He Remembers” by Daniel Beaudoin
• “Cigarette Smoke Clouds” by Andrea Castillo
• “The Things that Come in the Mail” by Holly Day
• “Strawberries” by Andrea Egert
• “In Sun & Summer Dew” by B.T. Joy
• “Creation” by Allison Landa
• “The Dying Season” by Cynthia J. McGroarty
• “giveaways” by Nathaniel Murphy
• “Eavesdropping” by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
• “Giraffes Do Bite” by Mary Wuerth

Nominations for the 2012 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2011):

• “The Faint Light of Heaven” by Lisa Ahn
• “Posthumous” by Charlie Brooks
• “The Dying Season” by Cynthia J. McGroarty

Nominations for the 5th Annual Micro Award (for fiction not above 1000 words in length published in 2011):

• “Creation” by Allison Landa
• “Night Birds” by Anna Moriarty Lev

Nominations for the Pushcart Prize XXXVII (for fiction, poetry, essays published by little magazines and small presses in 2011):

• “The Faint Light of Heaven” by Lisa Ahn
• “Posthumous” by Charlie Brooks
• “Safety Measures” by Sarah Clayville
• “The Things that Come in the Mail” by Holly Day
• “Creation” by Allison Landa
• “The Dying Season” by Cynthia J. McGroarty

Nominations for the 2011 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction published online between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011):

• “Volunteers” by Christie Isler
• “Drawing in the Sheets” by Karen Kelsay
• “Collar Bone” by Scott Lucero
• “Nightstand Lover of Lepidoptera” by Natasha Kochicheril Moni
• “Gloves” by Mary Odenbach
• “Bellows” by Dawn Sandahl
• “Floodwater” by Samantha Abrams
• “The Faint Light of Heaven” by Lisa Ahn
• “The Dead Lady’s Stuff” by Eileen P. Duggan
• “They Call Me Lucky” by Ann Hillesland

Nominations for the 2011 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2010):

• “Floodwater” by Samantha Abrams. Selected as one of the Notable Stories of 2010.
• “Magalie” by Maria Steele
• “Writer Incognito” by James Steimle

Nominations for the 2011 Micro Award (for fiction not above 1000 words in length published in 2010):

• “Frankie’s” by Walter Campbell
• “Scent of a Woman” by Jeffrey Miller

Nominations for the Pushcart Prize XXXVI (for fiction, poetry, essays published by little magazines and small presses in 2010):

• “Floodwater” by Samantha Abrams
• “Sobriety” by Digby Beaumont
• “Frankie’s” by Walter Campbell
• “Tracks” by Patrick Loafman
• “Anlage” by Agnieszka Stachura
• “Writer Incognito” by James Steimle

Nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2011 print anthology (for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry published online between November 1, 2009 and October 31, 2010):

• “Anlage” by Agnieszka Stachura
• “Floodwater” by Samantha Abrams
• “Punctuation” by Andrew S. Taylor

Nominations for the 2010 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction published online between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010):

• “The Bank” by C.L. Bledsoe
• “The Bottom Line” by Ryan Quinn Flanagan. Selected as a Finalist for the 2010 Best of the Net Anthology.
• “Ars PO” and “The Self” by Paul Hostovsky
• “9AM, After Driving All Night” and “Tracks” by Patrick Loafman
• “Sobriety” by Digby Beaumont
• “Beneath” by Kelley McDonald
• “Helicopter Rotors” by Matthew Dexter
• “Anlage” by Agnieszka Stachura

Nominations for the 2010 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2009):

• “Painting Naked” by Kimberley Idol
• “We’re Not Common” by Tara Kenway
• “The Ceasefire Symphony” by Rebecca Stonehill

“Stowaways” by Kimberley Idol, “After Seven Long Years” by Sheela Jaywant, and “The Oaten Hands” by Nathaniel Tower selected as Notable Stories of 2009.

“Stowaways” by Kimberley Idol was shortlisted for the 2010 Million Writers Award.

Nominations for the Pushcart Prize XXXV (for fiction, poetry, essays published by little magazines and small presses in 2009):

• “Confirmation” by Gale Acuff
• “Hubris” by David Fulton
• “Painting Naked” by Kimberley Idol
• “We’re Not Common” by Tara Kenway
• “Foolish Creatures” by Frank O’Connor
• “The Ceasefire Symphony” by Rebecca Stonehill

Nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2010 print anthology (for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry published online between November 1, 2008 and October 31, 2009):

• “Things Difficult to Say” by Alan Averill
• “Painting Naked” by Kimberley Idol
• “Foolish Creatures” by Frank O’Connor. Selected for publication in the Best of the Web 2010 anthology.

Nominations for the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry and fiction published online between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009):

• “Things Difficult to Say” by Alan Averill
• “Fireglass” by Jacob Strunk
• “Confirmation” by Gale Acuff
• “Skin” by C.P. Dotson
• “Hubris” by David Fulton
• “Strike” by Casey Hill
• “When a Porn Star Steals a Poet’s Name” by Natasha Kochicheril Moni. Selected as a Finalist for the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology.
• “Withdrawal” by Adam Poltrack

Nominations for the 2009 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2008):

• “Malicious Acts” by Kate Gibalerio. Selected as one of the Notable Stories of 2008.
• “Fireglass” by Jacob Strunk.
• “Things Difficult to Say” by Alan Averill.

Nominations for the 2009 Pushcart Prize (for fiction, poetry, essays published by little magazines and small presses in 2008):

• “From: Man_2579@companionsearch.org To: Woman_1375@companionsearch.org” by Charles D. Phillips.
• “Malicious Acts” by Kate Gibalerio.
• “Nevada” by Amber Norwood.
• “Fireglass” by Jacob Strunk.
• “Things Difficult to Say” by Alan Averill.
• “Harley” by Peggy Newland.

Nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2009 print anthology (for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry published online between October 30, 2007 and September 20, 2008):

• “From: Man_2579@companionsearch.org To: Woman_1375@companionsearch.org” by Charles D. Phillips.
• “Malicious Acts” by Kate Gibalerio.
• “Fireglass” by Jacob Strunk.

“Little Mother” by Amber Cook (Billiard’s Pick in TC 8:3) selected for publication in the Best of the Web 2009 anthology.

Nominations for the 2008 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry and fiction published online between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008):

• “The Path to Mental Health” by Brandy Langenwalter.
• “Malicious Acts” by Kate Gibalerio.
• “Monsoon,” “As Many as there are Types of Grass,” and “Nevada” by Amber Norwood.
• “fortune teller,” “Howling in a High Clearing,” and “coffee at night” by Linda King.

Nominations for the 2008 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2007):

• “The Path to Mental Health” by Brandy Langenwalter.
• “Jumping the Tracks” by Margo McCall.
• “The Year Michael Got His Own Page in the Yearbook” by Nick Seagers.

Nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2008 print anthology (for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry published online between January 1, 2007 and September 15, 2007):

• “Thirty-two Suns” by Rebecca Nazar.
• “Pas de Deux” by Claire Rudy Foster.
• “This Teacher Talks Too Damn Fast” by Megan Stielstra.

Nominations for the 2007 Best of the Net Anthology (for poetry and fiction published online between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007):

• “A Collection of Stones” by Gavin Tierney.
• “Roller Coaster” by Terri Moran.
• “Story” and “Praxis” by Karen Neuberg.
• “evening together,” “the spider isn’t attached” and “Corporeal” by Diane Tucker.
• “Aunt Pauline at 83” by Teresa McLamb Blackmon.

Nominations for the 2007 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2006):

• “Desert Creatures” by Anna Evans.
• “Pillaged” by Gina Sakalarios-Rogers. Selected as one of the Notable Stories of 2006.
• “Roller Coaster” by Terri Moran.

Nominations for the 2007 Pushcart Prize (for fiction, poetry, essays published by little magazines and small presses in 2006):

• “East From Seattle” by Donna Mae Brown.
• “Desert Creatures” by Anna Evans.
• “Story” by Karen Neuberg.
• “Pillaged” by Gina Sakalarios-Rogers.
• “A Collection of Stones” by Gavin Tierney.
• “Corporeal” by Diane Tucker.

Nominations for the 2006 storySouth Million Writers Award (for fiction published online in 2005):

• “Musee Mecanique” by Terri Brown-Davidson.
• “Refuge” by Anna Evans.
• “Cravings” by Trish O’Brien-Edwards. Selected as one of the Notable Short Stories of 2005.