FICTION PRIZE FALL 2026

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Laureate

BLACK HOLE KITCHEN BLUES by Zachariah Claypole White

Zachariah Claypole White is a poet and fiction writer whose work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, and The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1. A former Jane Cooper Poetry Fellow, he teaches full time at the Community College of Philadelphia and has received nominations for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.

Shortlist

A Hare in the Snare by Noah Ray Phibbs
A Postmodern Prometheus by E.J Braithwaite
Hua Hua by Andy An

Longlist

Continuity by Brett Pepper
Blackhole Kitchen Blues by Zachariah Claypole White
Clockwork by Justin DeHondt
Bend by Sandy Neitling
A Name For The Drowned by Adam Dr. Porkolab
The Build (Ugh Ugh Ugh) by Norman Hogg
Funes, The World-Weary by Jachim Glage
The Year Of The Mass by Gwyneth Bignell
Hua Hua by Andy An
One Down by Gary Blackwood
A Hare In The Snare by Noah Ray Phibbs
A Postmodern Prometheus by E.J Braithwaite