Karen Ah-hwei Lee, winner of the 2019 Big Other Book Award for Fiction

Karen Ah-hwei Lee's The Maze of Transparencies (Ellipsis Press) is the winner of the inaugural 2019 Big Other Book Award in fiction. A warm congratulations to Karen!

Cameron Morse, author of the poetry collection Baldy (Spring 2020)

Cameron Morse recently celebrated the release of his newest poetry collection, Baldy. His collection includes the poems "Silent Partner" and "Kiddie Pool Baptismal," which first appeared at The Gravity of the Thing.

Editor-in-Chief Thea Prieto, winner of the 2019 Red Hen Press Novella Award

Thea Prieto, The Gravity of the Thing's Editor-in-Chief, is the winner of Red Hen Press' 2019 Novella Award, judged by Doug Lawson. The award includes a $1,000 prize, and her book From the Caves will be published in 2021.

Ewa Mazierska, author of Neighbours & Tourists (Adelaide Books, 2019)

Ewa Mazierska's recent short story collection, Neighbors & Tourists, is available at Adelaide Books. Ewa's short story "The Art of Haiku" appeared in The Gravity of the Thing’s Fall 2019 issue.

2019 Nominations: Pushcart, Best American, and Best of the Net

The Gravity of the Thing's editors are pleased to share our nominations for the 2021 Pushcart anthology, the 2020 Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays anthologies, and the 2019 Best of the Net anthology.

Mike Corrao, author of Two Novels (Orson’s Publishing, 2019)

Mike Corrao, whose poetry appeared in The Gravity of the Thing’s Fall 2018 issue, is celebrating the release of his newest book Two Novels on November 19th, 2019 from Orson’s Publishing.