The B’K and All My Relations nominates for best of competitions! Here are our nominations for the 2025 season with direct links to the works:
Best of the Net Nominations
The Best of the Net is an awards-based anthology (created by Sundress Publications) designed to grant a platform to a diverse and growing collection of writers and publishers who are building an online literary landscape that seeks to break free of traditional publishing. This space has been created to bring greater respect to the continually expanding world of exceptional digital publishing. The work nominated must have been first published between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. We’ve nominated:
For Poetry:
- “Home is a casket of sorrows” by Anderson Moses, The B’K Volume 15, Issue 4, pgs. 14-15
- “Before Everything” by Ryan Caidic, The B’K Volume 15, Issue 4, pgs. 16-17
- “Moose Antlers” by Jen Persici, The B’K Volume 16, Issue 1, pgs. 12-13
- “Erasure poem from NHS clinical commissioning policy on puberty blockers” by Stella Aster, The B’K Volume 16, Issue 2, pgs. 16-22
- “to drown in a puddle” by téa serena, The B’K Volume 16, Issue 2, pgs. 30-32
For Fiction:
- “A Funeral at Six” by Zeinab Fakih, The B’K Volume 15, Issue 4, pgs. 6-12
- “The Warm-Dark-Small” by Sophie Najm, The B’K Volume 16, Issue 1, pgs. 6-11
For Nonfiction:
- “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Someone Else’s Baby” by Amy Bleu, The B’K Volume 15, Issue 4, pgs. 30-35
- “Pleasure doesn’t sit on the tongue” by Casper Orr, The B’K Volume 16, Issue 2, pgs. 36-37
For Artwork:
- “Promised Rest” by Izzy Singer, All My Relations, Volume 7, pgs. 12-13
- “Cycles” by Amuri Morris, All My Relations, Volume 8, cover
- “Reeling In” by Jacelyn Yap, The B’K Volume 15, Issue 3, pg. 80