Stanchion Magazine's 2027 Best Small Fiction Nominations

It was another remarkable year of writing inside the pages of Stanchion Magazine issues. I'm happy to announce the nominees for the 2027 Best Small Fictions Awards. Please click the title of each piece to read it in full.

The issues these flash fictions originally appeared in can still be purchased directly from Stanchion or wherever you like to order books online. Thanks for supporting indie literature and print magazines.

Letter about a Song

by Brecht De Poortere

Issue 21

Blueberries and Butter 

by Michael Czyzniejewski

Issue 21

Apostles 

by Travis Shosa

Issue 23

Night at the Zoo

by Kate Tooley

Issue 23

This Is Not A Pipe

by Lauren Kardos

Issue 23