ONE THRONE

NOMINATIONS

 

Below is a list of works we nominated for awards. If the work we nominated ultimately won or placed or received an honorable mention, that is noted underneath in gold type.

 

2016

 

• Best of the Net

  • The Cleverest Daughter by Sarah Marshall (fiction)

  • Bethlehem by Chika Unigwe (fiction)

  • Where the Tide Rushes Between (creative nonfiction)

  • I'm Not a Racist by Cortney Lamar Charleston (poetry)

    • Finalist

  • Kiwi by Chloe Honum (poetry)

  • Dagoretti Corner by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo (poetry)

  • Easter by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo (poetry)

  • Today by Deonte Osayande (poetry)

  • Up Against It by Ephraim Scott Sommers (poetry)

 

2015

 

• Best American Poetry

  • I'm Not a Racist by Cortney Lamar Charleston

  • Watching Arab Idol with Abdelhalim Hafez by Safia Elhillo

  • Kiwi by Chloe Honum

  • Up Against It by Ephraim Scott Sommers

• Best American Series

  • Where the Tide Rushes Between by Meaghan Hackinen (essays, travel writing)

    • Notable in The Best American Essays 2016

  • September 1 in Tbilisi by Irakli Kobiashvili (nonrequired reading, short stories)

  • The Cleverest Daughter by Sarah Marshall (nonrequired reading)

  • How Long My Body Was by Kiley Reid (nonrequired reading)

  • Bethlehem by Chika Unigwe (short stories)

• Best Horror of the Year

  • Soup by Chikodili Emelumadu (fiction)

    • Honorable Mention

  • Terror/Mathematics by Zeina Hashem Beck (poetry)

    • Honorable Mention

  • The Magpie's Secret Lives by Rebekah Rempel (poetry)

    • Honorable Mention

• Best of the Net

  • The Second Coming of Dambudzo Marechera by Tendai Huchu (fiction)

  • September 1 in Tbilisi by Irakli Kobiashvili (fiction)

  • Drown by Fatimah Asghar (poetry)

  • Terror/Mathematics by Zeina Hashem Beck (poetry)

  • Watching Arab Idol with Abdelhalim Hafez by Safia Elhillo (poetry)

  • Anatomy of the Inner Ear by Claire Hoffman (poetry)

  • Candidate A by Nick Makoha (poetry)

    • Winner

  • The Magpie's Secret Lives by Rebekah Rempel (poetry)

• Best New Poets

  • Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

  • Ephraim Scott Sommers

• Best Small Fictions

  • In a World Gone Mad by Ilana Masad

    • Finalist

  • Downpour Play by James Grzejka

  • The Lunatic Express by Muene Kilongi

  • The Physics of Satellites by Amir Tarsha

    • Winner

  • Red Flesh by Roberta Verdant

• Caine Prize for African Writing

  • Bethlehem by Chika Unigwe

• Million Writers Award

  • Soup by Chikodili Emelumadu

    • Notable

  • September 1 in Tbilisi by Irakli kobiashvili 

  • Bethlehem by Chika Unigwe

    • Notable

• National Magazine Awards (Canada)

  • Resurrection by Joyce Chong (poetry)

  • Where the Tide Rushes Between by Meaghan Hackinen (essay, travel writing)

    • Honourable Mention

  • Learning From the Hands by Emily Pohl-Weary (poetry)

  • The Magpie's Secret Lives by Rebekah Rempel (poetry)

• Pushcart Prize

  • September 1 in Tbilisi by Irakli Kobiashvili (fiction)

  • Terror/Mathematics by Zeina Hashem Beck (poetry)

  • Watching Arab Idol with Abdelhalim Hafez by Safia Elhillo (poetry)

    • Special Mention

  • Dagoretti Corner by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo (poetry)

  • Easter by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo (poetry)

  • Up Against It by Ephraim Scott Sommers (poetry)

2014

 

• Best American Series

  • Constant Motion by Wyl Villacres (essay)

    • Notable in The Best American Essays 2015

  • The Waters of My Mind by Gary Emmette Chandler (SF/F)

  • The Past, of Course by Nikki Vogel (SF/F)

    • Notable in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2015

  • Abi Abbie Abbey Alexander by Matt Jones (short story)

  • Notes From a Discarded Memoir by Timothy Ogene (short story)

  • Everything is More Beautiful Here by Mary Renzi (short story)

• Best Canadian Poetry

  • Love and Nail Polish by Ruth Daniell

  • Desert by Lesley-Anne Evans

  • Adagio by Sarah Feldman

  • Hobbesian Notions by David Groulx

    • Notable

  • Flood by Ali Sohail

• Best New Poets

  • Andrew Collard

  • Sarah Feldman

• Best of the Net

  • Abi Abbie Abbey Alexander by Matt Jones (fiction)

  • Notes From a Discarded Memoir by Timothy Ogene (fiction)

  • Constant Motion by Wyl Villacres (nonfiction)

  • My Love by Charles Bane, Jr. (poetry)

  • Desert by Lesley-Anne Evans (poetry)

  • Dog Years by Ryan Favata (poetry)

  • Adagio by Sarah Feldman (poetry)

  • The Web by Emma Paulet (poetry)

  • Many Things Live Backward by Andrew Reichard (poetry)

• Best Small Fictions

  • The Unreflected by Xanthi Barker

  • Voracious by Ilana Masad

• Caine Prize for African Writing

  • Notes From a Discarded Memoir by Timothy Ogene

• Journey Prize

  • Ontario Blush by Nathan Knapp

  • The Past, of Course by Nikki Vogel

• Million Writers Award

  • The Second Coming of Dambudzo Marechera by Tendai Huchu

  • Cutcomb by Sarah Marshall

  • Notes From a Discarded Memoir by Timothy Ogene

  • Everything is More Beautiful Here by Mary Renzi

  • The Past, of Course by Nikki Vogel

• National Magazine Awards (Canada)

  • Hobbesian Notions by David Groulx (poetry)

• Pushcart Prize

  • Constant Motion by Wyl Villacres (essay)

  • Notes From a Discarded Memoir by Timothy Ogene (fiction)

  • Love and Nail Polish by Ruth Daniell (poetry)

  • Dog Years by Ryan Favata (poetry)

  • Adagio by Sarah Feldman (poetry)

  • Black Box by Celeste Helene Schantz (poetry)