We are elated to announce our nominees for the Best of the Net 2017! Congratulations to all of these phenomenal poets for the work they are doing! During the darkness of this past year they filled our lives with light and hope.

A LEPER BEGS THE SON OF GOD By Brianna Albers

MEDUSA WRITES FOR TEEN VOGUE By Dorothy McGinnis

One-Sided Conversations Between a Black Girl and God By Madelyn McZeal

The River Carries a Photograph of You By Amanda Oaks

Alternative Facts By Athena Dixon

Séance with Lavender & Bleach By torrin a. greathouse