MacQ-2’s ECA was selected from a list of ten finalists, which in turn were chosen from 97 works that appeared in the issue. Thanks so much (and a small cash prize of $100 USD) to Kimmo Rosenthal for this unusual creative-nonfiction piece:

⚡ Olympia (Thoughts on a Courtesan in Eight Chapters) [ekphrastic CNF, after Manet’s painting]

And here are the other fine finalists, listed in alpha order by author’s last name:

⚡ To My Husband Unexpectedly Called Away [micro-CNF] by Roberta Beary

⚡ The Last Man on the Moon [prose poem] by Bill Capossere

⚡ The God Particle [prose poem] by Robert L. Dean, Jr.

⚡ Two days before our neighbor died [poem, lineated] by Scott Ferry

⚡ On St. James’ Feast Day, the Shells of Abakanowicz [prose poem, ekphrastic] by Linda Nemec Foster

⚡ Green Gloves (On Becoming a Roadside Frog) [haibun story] by Jonathan Humphrey

⚡ A Dog Is a Dog Is a Dog [flash fiction] by Arya F. Jenkins

⚡ In a Brown Study [haibun story] by Bob Lucky

⚡ Discriminating Distinction [prose poem] by Jeanne Yeasting

See also:

ECA: Issue 1