AWARD NOMINATIONS — 2020

We’re so excited to announce our 2020 nominations for the Best of the Net,  Pushcart Prize, and Best Microfictions (400 words or less). We wouldn’t be here without our amazing contributors—quite frankly, we owe them everything. It’s never easy to select nominees in a given year, but we felt these pieces really highlighted our focus and drive here at CHEAP POP.  

Editor’s Note: Not all stories have been published yet in 2020; we look forward to you being able to read these soon, and publication dates indicated below. Find links to all of the nominees here.

Best of luck to our nominees and a huge thank you to everyone who submits to our site; you’re all a part of the CHEAP POP family!

Best of the Net

• “How Could You Know?” — Joaquin Fernandez

• “Be Conscious of Form” — Myliyah Hanna

Pushcart Prize

• “Graffito” — Andrew Adair

• “Rock Collection” — Sabrina Hicks

• “How to Get a Message Behind Enemy Lines” — K.S. Lokensgard

• “All Churchgoers are Fanfic Authors” — Andy Lopez

• “They’ll Steal Your Skin and Other Lessons from the World’s Fair” by Erin Vachon

• “The Stone Girl” — Lucy Zhang

Best Microfiction (400 words or less)

• “Collision” — Jennifer Mcgaha

• “After Sex, We Find a Praying Mantis in Our Bed” by Cortney Phillips Meriwether

• “The Eternity Berry” — Grace Q. Song

• “Mystic Hustler” — Erika Veurink