2021 Nominations: Best Microfiction, Best Small Fiction, and More

The Gravity of the Thing's editors are pleased to share our 2021 nominations for the Best Small Fiction anthology, the Best Microfiction anthology, the Best American anthologies, and more.

The Shirley Jackson Awards: “The Memory Game” by Franki Haber

A very warm congratulations to Franki Haber, whose short story "The Memory Game" is a nominee for the 2020 Shirley Jackson Awards! "The Memory Game" was the featured story of our Spring 2020 issue.

Joseph Harms, author of Nous (IFSF Publishing, 2021)

Nous by Joseph Harms was recently released from IFSF Publishing. Joseph's newest poetry collection includes "Antinomian", which first appeared in The Gravity of the Thing's Spring 2016 issue.

The Gravity of the Thing at SMOL Fair (March 3-7, 2021)

The Gravity of the Thing is excited to offer free subscriptions from March 3rd to March 7th in celebration of SMOL Fair, an alternative, virtual book fair hosting 130+ small presses and literary journals.

2020 Nominations: Best American, Best of the Net, and More

The Gravity of the Thing's editors are pleased to share our 2020 nominations for the Best of the Net anthology, the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, the Best American anthologies, and more.

Turandot Shayegan, runner-up for the LA Youth Poet Laureate (2020-21)

Turandot Shayegan was a 2019-2020 finalist for the LA Youth Poet Laureate, and this year she is the runner-up. Click to view the recent commencement ceremony hosted by the Los Angeles Public Library.