The Citron Review is pleased to announce our nominations for this year’s Best of The Net Anthology. All of these pieces appeared in issues of The Citron Review between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

THE NOMINEES

Fiction

Michelle Hulan, “Meara, Can You See The Light”
Originally published in the Summer 2023 issue

Cristi Donoso, “Quiet“
Originally published in the Summer 2023 issue

Creative Nonfiction

Beth Kephart, “Middle Distance“
Originally published in the Summer 2023 issue

Ronan Fenton, “The Prodigal Nothing“
Originally published in the Winter 2022/23 issue

Poetry

Jim Daniels, “Sitting Outside Her Door“
Originally published in the Winter 2022/23 issue

Nicolette Ratz, “Ash to Soil“
Originally published in the Winter 2021/22 issue

Jak Emerson Kurdi, “My Grandmother’s Eyes“
Originally published in the Winter 2021/22 issue

K. Dulai, “Trying to Write a Ghazal for Ben“
Originally published in The Love & Desire issue

Ivan Hobson, “At the Lathe“
Originally published in The Love & Desire issue

Erica Vital-Lazare, “Aguadilla“
Originally published in The Love & Desire issue