AIOTB’s Nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology

As It Ought To Be is proud to announce our nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology.

Laurel Benjamin: “Motel Room Without a Night Light”

Jane-Rebecca Cannarella: “Quilted Rainbows”

Karina Castrillo: “I never wanted you to be like us”

Felicia Clark: “Chrome Cheers”

Paul Ilechko: “A Life in Art”

Jimmy Pappas: “The Ineffable”

Poetry: March 2025

Sue Blaustein: “A Song for Centipedes”

Felicia Clark: “Chrome Cheers”

john compton: “[we play scrabble—]”

Sam Culotta: “Voices in the Other Room”

Jenna K Funkhouser: “The House at the End of the Road”

Ken Gierke: “After the Rain”

Julia Hatch: “A Thoughtless Moment of Zen”

James Croal Jackson: “Drymouth”

Daniel Edward Moore: “From the Castle of Resentment”

Jimmy Pappas: “The Ineffable”