Congratulations to our 2026 Best of the Net Nominees!

DarkWinter Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce our 2026 Best Of The Net nominees! Best Of The Net awards are annual literary recognition awards for poetry or prose published online, and hundreds of online journals participate. We were limited to 6 poems and 2 short stories published between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 as part of our regular submissions, and after another year of incredible writing by our contributors, it was an extremely difficult decision!

That having been said, we are very proud to present the DarkWinter Lit nominees (in alphabetical order) for the Best Of The Net Anthology!

Bobby Steve Baker - Once Again I Am

Dr. Deepak Dev - When The Quiet Refused To Die

Rebecca Dunlop - category: things that bite

Ryan Frost - Rogue Factor

Andrew John Lafleche - Polaroids of Tomorrow

Trent Lewin - The Distance and the Damage

Debra J. Nordyke - I Hate The Sound

Aislinn McDougall - Edges