MacQ-3’s ECA was selected from a list of ten finalists, which in turn were chosen from more than a hundred works that appear in this issue. A deep bow of admiration (and a small cash prize of $100 USD) to Keith Woodruff for this acutely emotive homage:

⚡ The Shore: On Reading Saigyo’s Poems of a Mountain Home [prose poem]

And here are the other remarkable finalists, listed in alpha order by last name of the author or artist:

⚡ Beast Mode [CNF] by Guy Biederman

⚡ Afterwards, Only the Sea [micro-fiction] by Damyanti Biswas

⚡ Freakbeat [micro-fiction] by Kyle Hemmings

⚡ Kids Deserve Decent Names [CNF] by Lana Henderschott

⚡ Waiting for the Future [photo-poem] by Neil Hulme and Gary S. Rosin

⚡ After Blossom [poem, ekphrastic, after the painting by Phil Greenwood] by Robbi Nester

⚡ Burglar [prose poem] by Lynn Pattison

⚡ Blink [CNF] by Linda Petrucelli

⚡ After Sarajevo [flash fiction] by Mary Rohrer-Dann

See also:

Editor’s Choice Award: Issue 1

Editor’s Choice Award: Issue 2