Awards Eligibility 2026

These are my top short stories and poems I hope you'll consider for your 2026 award nominations.

My short fiction is eligible for awards including the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, BSFA, and Dragon Awards, as well as others not listed here! All poetry is eligible for the Hugo, Rhysling, and Nebula, among others.

I'm also in my second year of eligibility for the Astounding Award.

Top Pieces for Awards Consideration

POETRY: The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub, 41 lines (Strange Horizons, May 2026)
Weird fantasy, complicity in societal injustice, mermaids?

Change requires examination of the initial errors,
   of the circumstances from   then
   that led to the injustice   of now.

SHORT FICTION: My Ma's Hatred Grows Cavities Every Summer, 1000 words (The Rumpus, September 2026)
Medical & body horror, twisted families, trans revenge

She would get a terrible, terrible glimpse of the pain she’d forced onto me every day.
And after that?
I could not say that I cared.

POETRY: trans/formative, 20 lines (OTHERSIDE, September 2026)
Fierce & dreamy, changing yourself until the world can no longer hold you️

so what
if, when we reassemble our vibrant bodies,
our eyes are crooked, or our hair
has turned to scales?

POETRY: SOLD: One Soul, Gently Used, 60 lines (Haven Spec, June 2026)
Fantasy bargains, anti-capitalist commentary, narrative poetry

A soul is a valuable commodity
even with a body still, unfortunately, attached.

All Awards-Eligible Short Fiction & Poetry Published in 2026

Coming soon!