Announcing Torch Literary Arts' 2023 Nominations for Best of the Net

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. Learn more here.

We are thrilled to announce the following Torch nominees:

$ luck baby by c.r. glasgow

stale smoke and hot sauce by Ari Foster

dendrochronological melanin by Camille Hernandez

NOTES ON TURNING SELF INTO MUGANDA GIRL by Rohanna Ssanyu

Something Wonderful by Victoria Adams-Kennedy

Family Portrait by Cieara Estelle

Reminiscence, Vamps and Riffs, and Audrey in Pink by Dawn Okoro

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