Author: Rhys Petit

Submissions for our annual Editor’s Prizes in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry are open from now until April 15th! Each winner receives publication in The Florida Review and $1,000 upon publication. Entry fee of $25 includes a one-year subscription to The Florida Review.

You can find further guidelines and submit your work on our Submittable page.

 

The Florida Review is thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2026 Best Small Fictions anthology!

 

“Ontkommer,” Kim Magowan

“My Account,” Glen Pourciau

“A Gun is a Cowardly Thing,” Siamak Vossoughi (published in Issue 49.1)

“Water Babies,” Mary Grimm (published in Issue 49.1)

“Happy Birthday, America,” Michael Czyzniejewski (published in Issue 48.2)

 

Congrats and good luck to all of our nominees!

 

 

The Florida Review would like to give a shoutout to our contributors who were recently listed as “Special Mentions” in the 2026 Pushcart Prize Anthology:

 

Poetry

Bertha Crombet, “Tongue Mother”

 

Nonfiction

Naomi Gordon-Loebl, “Lost Uncle”

 

Fiction

Matthew Neill Null, “In the 301”

 

Way to go everyone and keep up the good work!

The Florida Review is excited to announce our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominations:

 

Fiction

“In the Afterwards,” by Devon Halliday

“Paper Dolls of the Homestead Era,” by Jessica Hollander

“Life Cycle of the Common Goldfish,” by Michael Knight

 

Nonfiction

“A Cow Funeral,” by Sarah Beth Childers

 

Poetry

“Inflatable Boys,” by A. E. Wynter

“Thinning the Peaches,” by Kate Partridge

 

Congrats and good luck to all our nominees!