The Ekphrastic Review literary prizes

In 2019, The Ekphrastic Review began nominating writers for the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize literary awards. As of 2020, we are also nominating writers for Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions.

We also briefly created our own Fantastic Ekphrastic literary awards.

Thanks to our wonderful team of nomination readers, past and present, for making all of this possible: Dr. Queen Sarkar, Laura Cherry, Jordan Trethewey, Alarie Tennille, Kari Ann Ebert, and Carole Mertz, along with editor Lorette C. Luzajic.

In 2016, we nominated for one session, for Best of the Net.

Our contributor Jo Balistreri was also nominated for a Pushcart in 2018 by the Pushcart reading committee!

Best Microfiction Anthology Award Nominations 2023

Spiccato, by Mikki Aronoff

https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/spiccato-by-mikki-aronoff

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Horacio At My Door Again, by David Belcher

https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/horacio-at-my-door-again-by-david-belcher

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The Year I Went Without Doing Battle, by Mark DeCarteret

https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-challenges/luristan-bronze-ekphrastic-responses

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Or How Could We Ever Be Able to Resist Such Likeness? by Hedy Habra

https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/two-prose-poems-after-juanita-guccione-by-hedy-habra

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Foal Filly Mare, by Bayveen O’Connell

https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-challenges/olexandr-murashko-ekphrastic-writing-responses

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Ranko, by Fran Turner

https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/ranko-by-fran-turner

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Best Microfiction Anthology Awards 2022

Star Swallowed, by Olivia Wolford
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic-journal/star-swallowed-by-olivia-wolford

Hollow, by Christina Pan
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic-journal/hollow-by-christina-pan

Lost Rivers, by Jamie Brian
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic-journal/lost-rivers-by-jamie-brian

The Moon Practises the Art of Night Photography, by Marjory Woodfield
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic-writing-challenges/selected-challenge-responses-garabet-yazmaciyan

Elusions, by Kerfe Roig
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic-writing-challenges/selected-challenge-responses-garabet-yazmaciyan

At the Pool Party for My Niece’s Graduation from Middle School, by Nancy Ludmerer
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic-journal/at-the-pool-party-for-my-nieces-graduation-from-middle-school-by-nancy-ludmerer

Best Microfiction Nominations 2021

When Alice Became the Rabbit, by Cyndi MacMillan (chosen for Best Microfiction anthology!)
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/when-alice-became-the-rabbit-by-cyndi-macmillan

Valve, by William Repass
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/valve-by-william-repass

The Word-Swallower Finds Her Groove, by Faye Brinsmead
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/the-word-swallower-finds-her-groove-by-faye-brinsmead

My Brother’s Ashes, by Ilona Martonfi
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-writing-responses-jean-francois-millet

Pigrimage, by Shira Atik
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/pilgrimage-by-shira-atik

Fantastic Ekphrastic Awards 2021

Ruth Bavetta
Funeral Mask From Mycenae

Rose Mary Boehm
See Me

Matthew Brennan
Winter Landscape

Johanna Caton, OSB
Five Poems on Art by Miki Lovett

Deborah Gorlin
Poems About Isabella Blow

Jean L. Kreiling
Three Nocturnes

Kyle Laws
Fall from the Horse of War, 1961

Ryan Rowland
Oh Cuyahoga

Sandi Stromberg
A Surrealist Gives the Chimpanzee Pencil and Paper

Kate Young
Dirt to Dust

Fantastic Ekphrastic Awards 2020

Portly Bard

for outstanding ekphrastic achievement, for his body of ekphrastic work in The Ekphrastic Review, and consistent participation and excellence in the challenges

Mona Lisas
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/mona-lisas-by-portly-bard

Read more:
http://www.ekphrastic.net/apps/search?q=portly+bard

Margaret Benbow

Young Gloria Swanson as the Lion's Bride
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/young-gloria-swanson-as-the-lions-bride-by-margaret-benbow

Elya Braden

Weather Report
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/weather-report-by-elya-braden

Lewis Braham

Josephine
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/josephine-by-lewis-braham

Barbara Crooker

for outstanding ekphrastic achievement, a body of ekphrastic work in and outside of the journal

Van Gogh’s Crows
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/van-goghs-crows-by-barbara-crooker

Read more:
http://www.ekphrastic.net/apps/search?q=Crooker%2C+barbara

Read her books:
https://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Crooker/e/B000APR7GU?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1579780872&sr=1-1

Janiru Liyanage

Fauves of Luxury, Calm and Desire
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/fauves-of-luxury-calm-and-desire-by-janiru-liyanage

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Laurie Newendorp

Orpheus in the 21th Century
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-challenge-responses-barbara-danin

Rajani Radhakrishnan

Corollary
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/corollary-by-rajani-radhakrishnan

Deborah Schmidt

Pair of Cranes
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/pair-of-cranes-by-deborah-schmidt

Alarie Tennille

for outstanding ekphrastic achievement, for her body of ekphrastic work in and outside of The Ekphrastic Review, contributions, participation, promotion and support of the journal from its inception

Night Watch
http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/omar-odeh-ekphrastic-writing-challenge-responses

Read more: http://www.ekphrastic.net/apps/search?q=Alarie+tennille

Read her books:
https://www.amazon.com/Alarie-Tennille/e/B00JSO5S9C/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1