AWARD NOMINATIONS — 2018

We’re stoked to announce our nominations for three additional awards in 2018: Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Best Micro Fictions (400 words or less). We owe everything to all of our wonderful contributors, and every time awards come around, it feels impossible to decide which stories to choose, but we felt these pieces really highlighted our focus and drive here at CHEAP POP.  

Best of luck to these talented folks, and a huge thank you to everyone who submits to our site. We wouldn’t be CHEAP POP without you!

Pushcart Prize:

• “I Wanna Be Adored” by Melissa Goode

• “Monstrous, Chaotic Things” by Maureen Langloss

• “She’ll Only Come Out At Night” by Kristine Langley Mahler

• “How to Exploit Your Ancestors” by Aram Mrjoian

• “Half-Life” by Dina Relles

• “I Don’t Know What to Tell You” by Yael van der Wouden

Best Small Fictions:

• “Fragments of Evolution” by Cavin Bryce

• “Flight Helmet” by Kate Gehan

• “Back When You Were River Phoenix” by Jennifer Harvey

• “The Fourth Kind” by Evan Nicholls

• “Grand Motel” by Tria Wood

Best Micro Fictions (400 words or less):

• “Sanctus Spiritus, 1512” by Sarah Arantza Amador

• “Sabbatical” by Amanda J. Bermudez 

• “Fragments of Evolution” by Cavin Bryce

• “I Don’t Know Where Exactly His Grave is” by Janet Frishberg 

• “Flight Helmet” by Kate Gehan

• “She Paints it Pyrotechnic Yellow These Days” by Kathryn McMahon

• “It’s Shaped like a Grin, They Say” by K.C. Mead-Brewer

• “Ourself” by Brian Randall