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 created our own annual 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!
We also created our own annual 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 Small Fictions 2021
The House of Mischief, by David Belcher
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-writing-responses-maria-izquierdo
Maple Street, London, by Brian Johnson
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/maple-street-london-1915-by-brian-johnson
Our Lady of Scarlet, by Kerfe Roig
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-writing-responses-augustus-john
Four Scenes, Two Friends, One Postcard, by Dorothy Burrows
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-writing-responses-franz-marc
Haibun for Luisa Adele Rosa Maria von Amann, Marquesa Casati, by Jane Dougherty
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-writing-responses-augustus-john
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
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