AIOTB’s Nominees for the 2027 Best of the Net Anthology

As It Ought To Be is proud to announce our nominees for the 2027 Best of the Net Anthology.

Susan Cossette: “Bad Marguerite”

Dolo Diaz: “Environmental Collapse”

Joseph Geskey: “STEM As Part of a Flower”

Jade Kleiner: “Blood Draw at MGH”

Anna Saunders: “One whistle to go after”

Alicia Wright: “She doesn’t wish me dead”

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: February 2025

Jason Baldinger: “a time capsule of dust”

Stephen Barile: “Cedar Crest Cove”

Jane-Rebecca Cannarella: “Quilted Rainbows”

Lorraine Caputo: “And That Wind Twirls”

Rick Christiansen: “Borrowed Blood”

John Dorsey: “Jerry Garcia & German Root Beer”

Howie Good: “Uketopia”

John Grey: “Flower People”

Judy Lorenzen: “Anyway”

Tim Peeler: “Untitled”

LB Sedlacek: “Art vs Life (Dream 09/19/15)”