The Citron Review is proud to announce our nominations for the third edition of Best Microfiction (Pelekinesis Press). This anthology series asks writers to tell our best stories in 400 words or less. It is co-edited by award-winning microfiction writer/editor Meg Pokrass, and Flannery O’Connor Prize-winning author Gary Fincke. Grant Faulkner is this year’s judge.

We nominate excellent micros every year and we were so happy to see Christopher Gaumer’s “He Died We Left Him Til Morning” was published in the inaugural Best Microfiction in 2019 and in 2021 Samantha Steiner’s, “My Closet” was included. The 2022 anthology included three selections: Star Su’s,  “Freezing Point,”  Kristen Zory King’s “Her Kingdom Come,” and Michelle Morouse‘s “Left to their own devices, they became them.” Best Microfiction 2023 published Sabina Y. Wong’s, “Shine in Her Light” and Tommy Dean‘s “The Romantic Maneuvers of a Tilting Planet.”

Each of the following unique pieces was first published in The Citron Review during the past calendar year. We proudly present The Citron Review’s 2023 nominations for Best Microfiction 2024.

THE NOMINEES

Mandira Pattnaik, “In Leaping”
Originally published in the Spring 2023 issue

Melissa Benton Barker, “In the Garden“
Originally published in the Spring 2023 issue

Kik Lodge, “Sitting Outside Her Door“
Originally published in the Summer 2023 issue

Thomas Hobohm, “About Cooking“
Originally published in the Summer 2023 issue

Eric Scot Tryon, “What the Tides Reveal“
Originally published in the Fall 2023 issue