Congratulations to this year's Flying Island Journal Best of the Net nominees! Also a special thank you to our editors and readers for all their work for the journal.
Winning entries will be announced near the end of January, 2022. For more information on Best of the Net, visit: http://bestofthenetanthology.com/
POETRY
"During the night" poem by Laurel Smith
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../during-night-poem...
"Rainwater Hair" poem by Steve Brammell
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../rainwater-hair...
"My Shame is the Bowl of Duck's Blood Soup" poem by Natalie Solmer
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../my-shame-is-bowl...
"Racket" poem by Amy Ash
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../racket-poem-by...
"The Dolls of 2020" poem by Jenny Kalahar
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../the-dolls-of-2020...
"Peach Tree on Winfield" poem by Kyle Hunter
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../peach-tree-on...
CREATIVE NONFICTION
“Damline” creative nonfiction by Emma Hudelson
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../damline-creative...
“Shell with Halo: A New Orleans East Family Mystery in 13 Parts” creative nonfiction by Alyssa Chase
https://www.flyingislandjournal.org/.../shell-with-halo...