Hey, everyone. I’m excited to share some good news with you. My poem “The Daisy Ring” has been nominated for the 2026 Best of the Net Award. It’s an honor for me, and I’m so grateful to editor Michelle Navajas of Hotel by Masticadores for thinking highly enough of my poem to nominate it. What’s more, I count several good friends among Michelle’s other nominees and I’m thrilled for all of them and wish them the very best of luck.
For those unfamiliar with this annual award, here’s what The Best of the Net’s website has to say:
“The Best of the Net is an awards-based anthology designed to grant a platform to a diverse and growing collection of writers and publishers who are building an online literary landscape that seeks to break free of traditional publishing. This space has been created to bring greater respect to the continually expanding world of exceptional digital publishing.”
You can read more about the annual award and its anthology here:
Also, you can view all of Michelle’s nominees here:
And finally, a link to my poem:
Congratulations to all the other nominees, and thanks again, Michelle, for your kindness and for believing in my writing.
Silent Pariah 