Best of the Net anthology recognizes qarrtsiluni authors
We’re pleased to announce that a short story by Teju Cole first published in qarrtsiluni has been selected for the Sundress Best of the Net 2008 anthology. “Modern Girls” was selected by Carey Wallace and Dana Guthrie Martin for our Hidden Messages issue, and was selected for Best of the Net by fiction judge Andy Mozina.
Speaking of Dana and Carey, they’re both included among the additional three qarrtsiluni authors whose work made it onto the list of finalists for the 2008 anthology. Carey Wallace’s story “The Century Room” and two poems, Dana Guthrie Martin’s “And the Crickets Outside the Window” and Monica Raymond’s “Moth and Rat” all originally appeared in our Insecta issue, which was edited by Ivy Alvarez and Marly Youmans. Dorianne Laux was the poetry judge for Best of the Net this year.
Back in August, Dave and Beth submitted the maximum number of nominations permitted — two short stories and six poems — after a couple of days of back-and-forth and agonizing over lengthy lists of our favorite posts from the previous year. In addition to those already mentioned, we nominated: “What We Ate After Passing The Cape of Eleven Thousand Virgins,” by Luisa A. Igloria; “Hallowed and Behold,” by Allan Peterson; “Cyclamen,” by Katherine Durham Oldmixon; and “Self-Portrait as Dryad, No. 5,” by Marly Youmans.
