Another Chicago Magazine is proud to recognize our 2026 literary award nominees. We congratulate these outstanding writers and are delighted to share their work with our readers. Explore the nominated pieces below.
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PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
✶ Bayan Adileh: “Jinn Story”
Best of the Net
POETRY
✶ Jacob Braun: “Rigor of the Genioglossus”
✶ Tadeusz Dziewanowski, translated by Daniel Bourne: “Natural Selection (Dobór naturalny)”
✶ Bex Hainsworth: “Pacific Geoduck Responds to a Meme”
✶ Kimberly Ann Priest: “patriarchy | ˈpātrēˌärkē | [a retrospective]”
✶ Patrick Paridee Samuel: “By Throat or Scruff”
✶ Anja Utler, translated by Kurt Beals and Aimee Chor: “So the Day Begins: Grief Refrain (Es beginnt: Trauerrefrain)”
FICTION
✶ Nominees to be announced.
NONFICTION
✶ Nominees to be announced.
Pushcart Prize
✶ Nominees to be announced.
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This page will be updated as additional nominations are announced. Congratulations to all our nominees, and thank you to the writers who have entrusted us with their work.
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