2023 Nominations: Best of the Net, Best American Short Stories, and More

The Gravity of the Thing’s editors are excited to share our 2023 nominations for the Best of the Net anthology, the Best Small Fictions anthology, the Best American anthologies, and more.

A Notable Essay in the Best American Essays 2023

David Stromberg’s “Abstract Writing” is a notable essay in the The Best American Essays 2023 – congratulations to David! “Abstract Writing” originally appeared in our Baring the Device column.

Christi Nogle, Beulah (Cemetery Gates Media)

Christi Nogle’s debut novel Beulah (Cemetery Gates Media, 2022) has won the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel and is a nominee for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award. A very big congratulations to Christi!

Joshua James Amberson, Staring Contest (Perfect Day Publishing)

Joshua James Amberson is the author of the essay collection Staring Contest: Essays About Eyes (Perfect Day Publishing, 2023). One essay originally appeared in our Stranged Writing anthology and another appeared in our Baring the Device column.

Jennifer Lang, Places We Left Behind (Vine Leaves Press)

Jennifer Lang has two multimedia books forthcoming from Vine Leaves Press, including Places We Left Behind: A Memoir-in-Miniature (September, 2023) and Landed: A Yogi’s Memoir in Pieces & Poses (October, 2024). Jennifer's poetry appeared in our Summer 2020 issue.

The Gravity of the Thing in Best Small Fictions 2023

Congratulations to our past contributors whose work was selected for Best Small Fictions 2023! "Love in the Knots of the Coptic Stitch" by Beth Kephart originally appeared in our Fall 2022 issue, and "Signs" by Lucie Bonvalet originally appeared in SAND Journal.