Best of the Net Nominations 2020

Congratulations to our ten Best of the Net nominees for 2020!

The Ekphrastic Review proudly nominated these ten writers for their outstanding contributions to ekphrastic literature.

Best of the Net awards are annual literary recognition awards for poetry or prose published online.

We are most grateful to our prize nomination committee: Laura Cherry, Kari Ann Ebert, Carole Mertz, Dr. Queen Sarkar, and Alarie Tennille, for their tireless commitment to this important cause.

Best of the Net 2020
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​Josephine, by Lewis Braham
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/josephine-by-lewis-braham
 
Second Plum, by Tricia Marcella Cimera
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/second-plum-by-tricia-marcella-cimera
 
Landscape With the Fall of Icarus, by Suzanne Craig-Whytock
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/landscape-with-the-fall-of-icarus-by-suzanne-craig-whytock
 
When You Lose Your Mooring, by Kyle Laws
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-challenge-responses-toyen
 
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman, by Janiru Liyanage
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/the-anatomy-lesson-of-dr-deijman-by-janiru-liyanage
 
French Pumpkin Soup, by Laurie Newendorp
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-responses-anne-vallayer-coster
 
Carry Along, by Kari Nguyen
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-challenge-responses-barbara-danin
 
Suicide’s Note in Turquoise, by Shruthi Shivkumar
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/suicides-note-in-turquoise-by-shruthi-shivkumar
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Pondering Rothko, by Sandi Stromberg
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-challenge-responses-mark-rothko
 
War, by Alarie Tennille
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-challenge-responses-toyen