Sparks of Calliope nominated six poems for the Best of the Net award, sponsored by Sundress Publications. Eligible poems were submitted between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, and were previously unpublished.
Best of the Net 2022 Nominees
“The Memory of a Star” by Evita Arakelian
“Left Hand Bottom Corner” by Liz Bennett
“Umbrella” by W. Roger Carlisle
“Sonnet on a Shore” by David Gosselin
“Mask & Name” by Sado Marinovic
“The Beautiful No” by Bruce McRae
Best of the Net 2021 Nominees
“Between Love and Madness” by Deborah L. Staunton
“COVID Dispatch” by Charlie Brice
“Pan de Sal” by Chelsea Samson
“Past Death” by Stephen Kingsnorth
“The Artist Observes a Dead Tree” by R. Nikolas Macioci
Best of the Net 2020 Nominees
“An Art Deco Version of the Panama Canal” by William Doreski
“From Your Lover in the Middle East” by John Grey
“The Last Time I Had to See You” by Victoria Hunter
“Lamp Legacy” by Stephen Mead
“The Rothko Room” by Anca Rotar
“Ancestry… for my mother” by Karen Shepherd