These micro stories demanded more than one reading, invited us into their small containers, and awed us with the mysteries of being human. We’re ecstatic to present these longlisted titles and will be back with the shortlist soon, which will be judged by Steve Almond!
- Mothers Bake Pogácsas
- Makbara
- Burial at Sea
- My Father’s Orange Farm
- Acquaintance (B)
- Quiet Survival
- In the Larchmont House
- Loosed
- Tree Rings
- What It’s Like
- Aguacero
- Under the Sea
- What Remains
- Grown-Ups
- The Ghost of Our Father’s Love Attempts to Make Contact with Our Mother
- HANDS
- TRAVELER
- Patio People
- In the Event of a Hurricane
- Meadow of Tarsi
- The Act of Remembering
- I Might Be a Vampire
- Inheritance
- Setting the Record
- Friday Night Lights
- I’ll sew your socks if you stay
- Oh, Happiest Day
- Ninety-Nine Invocations
- Competitive Grieving
- No Voltage on a Quiet Road
- Color Theory
- The Thing With Feathers
- Two Peas in a Pod
- Lost girl found
- Doves
- Can I Confess Something to You?
- Girls Who Use Wheelchairs Don’t Climb Trees
- We Are Mothers
- katsu.
- Dad in his Elements