The Forward Prizes for Poetry have been running for almost two decades now, but their mission remains the same: to recognise the best poetry published in the UK and Ireland each year. They’re among the most prominent poetry prizes in the country…
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Neon’s 2020 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominations
The annual Shirley Jackson Awards recognise outstanding achievements in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. They’re named after Shirley Jackson, a prolific novelist and short story writer whose output includes “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House…
Neon Literary Magazine Issue 51
[ Download Digital Edition | Print Edition SOLD OUT ] Issue 51 of Neon Literary Magazine is our horror issue, and it’s all kinds of scary. There are dragons, ghosts, and star creatures lurking on every page. An expedition to locate a mysterious cryptid goes tragically wrong. Polar bears stalk through the streets of a…
Neon’s 2020 Best Microfiction Nominations
The annual Best Microfiction anthology (published by Pelekinesis), celebrates the best short short fiction around. The 2021 edition is co-edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, with Amber Sparks making the final selection. All the stories featured will be under 400 words…
Neon’s 2020 Pushcart Prize Nominations
The Pushcart Prize, awarded annualy, is a prize and anthology which seeks to recognise brilliant work published by the small press. It’s open to nominations of fiction and poetry from literary magazines. Each year we nominate several of our favourite pieces from the last twelve months of Neon Literary Magazine…
Neon Literary Magazine Issue 50
[ Download Digital Edition | Print Edition SOLD OUT ] In issue 50 of Neon Literary Magazine we take a whirlwind trip through a range of improbable worlds. Artists in semi-submerged communes huff oocytes from test tubes. Tiny gods take up residence in birdhouses. A rusty tank begins a new life as a starship crewed…
2020 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem Nominations
The Forward Prizes for Poetry have been running since 1992, and seek to recognise the best poetry published in the UK and Ireland over the course of the previous year. It’s one of the biggest poetry prizes in the country, with support from organisations like the BBC, The Royal Mail, and Arts Council England…
Neon’s 2019 Best Small Fictions Nominations
Best Small Fictions is one of our favourite annual anthologies. Every year it features a huge range of tiny stories and hybrid fiction. This year it’s managed by Sonder Press, and – just as we always do – we’ve put forward a couple of our favourite small fictions for possible inclusion…
Neon Literary Magazine Issue 49
[ Download Digital Edition | Print Edition SOLD OUT ] The Futurism themed issue of Neon shows us a handful of absurd, dark, twisted, wonderful, impossible futures. We sell memories. We stalk social media. We lose ourselves in snowstorms. We take a drawing exam. We donate every ounce of blood we have. We observe the…
Neon’s 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominations
The annual Pushcart Prize is a unique award, intended to recognise the very best fiction, poetry, and essays published in the small press world. Each year we nominate several of our favourite pieces from the last twelve months of Neon Literary Magazine…