The Citron Review is proud to announce our nominations for the sixth 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. Dawn Raffel 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.” And most recently, in Best Microfiction 2024: Kik Lodge‘s, “Mother Tongue“ and Mandira Pattnaik‘s, “In Leaping” were published.

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 2024 nominations for Best Microfiction 2025.

THE NOMINEES

Jessica June Rowe, “The Ghost“
Originally published in the Spring 2024 issue

Allison Field Bell, “Heart“
Originally published in the Spring 2024 issue

Laila Amado, “A Glimpse of a Different Skyline“
Originally published in the Summer 2024 issue

D. Walsh Gilbert, “Grandpa at the Intersection“
Originally published in the Summer 2024 issue

*ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION*
Melanie Maggard, “What I Can’t See“
Originally published in the Winter 2024 issue