Gnashing Teeth Publishing

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Best of the Net Nominees 2021

we are so excited to announce our nominees for Best of the Net 2021. we submitted 6 poems and 3 pieces of artwork for the 2021 season. The Best of the Net is an awards-based anthology designed to grant a platform to a diverse and growing collection of writers and publishers who are building an online literary landscape. The poem, story, essay, or artwork must have been first published or appeared on the web between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021.

join us in congratulating the following poets and artists who appeared online.

Poetry

“The Big, Queer City” by PW Covington

“Emily’s Corset” by Stephanie Saywell

“Agnostic” by Nadine Klassen

“The Bones My Mother Left Me” by Erica Perry

“Ode to the Color Grey” by Lindsay Cortright

“Lent” by Regina Jamison

Artwork

“Cowlight Cinema” by James Diaz

“Homecoming” by James Diaz

“America’s Sweetheart” by Karen Cline-Tardiff

 

Goodnight, Taj Mahal by Andre Peltier

Deep below earth, clay and sand, deep below roots and aquifers, it lies in wait. Like that silent coyote stalking her white-tailed deer through the brush, it waits patiently and

contain by Megan Cartwright

verb past tense: contained; past participle: contained 1. have or hold (someone or something) within. Similar: hold carry To have and to hold in our own microcosm, constructed of hope.

Listening to Words by Mona Mehas

Listening to words out of touch cross lily pads, one to the next my rules, a tiny picture frame debt of honor, repay the gift. Headlights illuminate the path listening

Blooming by Elizabeth Gade

Some days are easy and some days are exhausting the days you have to dig through the muck inside take more hits than a heavyweight prize fighter cling to life

Pomegranate Rose by Laura Peña

I want to feed this delicacy To my concubine A tiny spoonful at a time I want to watch the luscious sorbet Linger on the tip of her tongue Melt

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