Best of the Net Anthology 2026

Location
Online (Sundress Publications)

Open to
Editors of online journals, presses, chapbooks, or self-published authors. Submitted work must have originally appeared online between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Application Fee
None

What’s Provided
Selected works will be published in the annual Best of the Net Anthology hosted by Sundress Publications. Finalists will also be listed on the anthology site.

What the artist/applicant must cover
No financial obligations. Submissions must include full-text files and accessible URLs. If work is behind a paywall, editors must provide access.

Duration
One-time publication

Deadline
September 30, 2025 (firm deadline)

Additional Notes

  • Journals may submit up to 6 poems, 2 stories, 2 creative nonfiction pieces, and 3 artworks.

  • Self-published authors may submit up to 2 pieces total.

  • Comics may be submitted in one category only.

  • Book reviews are not eligible.

  • Finalists will be announced when the anthology is released.

  • Submitting implies permission to republish on the Sundress site.