The Citron Review is proud to announce our first-ever nominations for the newest edition of Best Small Fictions. This anthology series started in 2015 and was founded by Citron contributor, Tara Lynn Masih. The series editor is now Nathan Leslie. The 2023 guest editor was Catherine McNamara.

Best Small Fictions is looking for pieces under 1000 words, which is definitely a good fit for us, since we specialize in Short Forms that Shimmer – plus our word limit for Flash Fiction is exactly that.

We were lucky to have placed Chloe Yelena Miller’s “Deep” in last year’s fantastic anthology.

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

THE NOMINEES

Chelsea Stickle, “A Fucking Steal”
Originally published in the Spring 2023 issue

Elissa Field, “If We’d Only… Well, We Might Have”
Originally published in the Fall 2023 issue

Tara Van De Mark, “Baby Nails Can Scratch the Inside of the Uterine Sac”
Originally published in the Fall 2023 issue

Stephen Tuttle, “Fall Colors”
Originally published in the Winter 2023 issue

Jane Garrett, “The Rivers Between Us ”
Originally published in the Winter 2023 issue

*ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION*
Cristi Donoso, “Quiet”
Originally published in the Summer 2023 issue