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The Florida Review is thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2026 Best Small Fictions<\/em> anthology!<\/p>\n

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“Ontkommer,” Kim Magowan<\/a><\/p>\n

“My Account,” Glen Pourciau<\/a><\/p>\n

“A Gun is a Cowardly Thing,” Siamak Vossoughi (published in Issue 49.1<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“Water Babies,” Mary Grimm (published in Issue 49.1<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“Happy Birthday, America,” Michael Czyzniejewski (published in Issue 48.2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Congrats and good luck to all of our nominees!<\/p>\n

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  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)   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":9300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-electronic-interactive-lit"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n2026 Best Small Fictions Nominees - 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