Solar Flare 2025
Winner
Humanoid No. 1 / Kara Rasure / Art (seen here)
Best of Category
Baby in a Sink / DM Anderson / Best of Fiction
Miray Glowing – Istanbul 2011 / William Winston / Best of Photography
Tugboat / Joseph Howse / Best of Novel
If It is Mourning, Where is the Light / Jordan Green / Best of Poetry
Finalists
In This Version, Jonah Wins / Hannah Russell / Poem
Oshun Rising / Y’vonna Steward (BlackMedu$a) / Art
Heading Home – Kerala Backwaters 2015 / William Winston / Photo
Ripe / Juanjuan Henderson / Poem
Sense & System / Lizzy Brooks / Photo
Waiting / William Winston / Poem
Goldilocks Zone 2025
Winner
El Cumbanchero / Carlos Echeverria / Prose Poem
Best of Category
The Last Fair / Emily Stedge / Best of CNF
Sapling / Helen Vidrine / Best of Fiction
Testa di Lupo (Wolf Head) / Alessia Lupo Cecchet / Best of Art (seen here)
Finalists
Untitled, from the Organic Matters 2025 Series / Rebekah Abramovich / Art
Pulmonary Trunk or The Light Box / Frederick Speers / Poem
Artificial Retrograde / Robin Young / Art
Inception 2025
Winner
We Are All Still Dying / Kendra Pearce / Novel
Best of Category
Thin Ice / Larissa Scott / Best of Middle Grade Fiction
Gunnar / Danny Crytser / Best of Historical Fiction Novel
A Hero / Talon / Best of Collage
A Fascinating Man / Lisa Perrault / Best of Novelette
Splintered Boat / Maureen Alsop / Best of Art (seen here)
Finalists
At the Intersection of Lala & Jones (Part I) / Kendra Pearce / Novel
Rigel 2025
Winner
The Prodigal Daughter / Pam Martin-Lawrence / Fiction
Best of Category
Tide Peak / Elda Perez / Best of Graphic Novel
Finalists
The Amazing Race / Gabe Jenkins / Fiction
Geminga 2025
Winner
After Divorce / Sandra Fees / Poem
Best of Category
Lies and Omissions / Marino Bubba / Best of Fiction
Hope for the Thickly Settled / Pamela Viggiani / Best of Art (shown here)
Finalists
Almond Milk / Piper Cusmano / Poem
Medusa / Sadbh Kellett / Poem
Rotary / Robert Warf / Prose
The room(s): UNGENESIS – II / Trevor/Eva Wheeler / Poem
Cacteye / Peyton Fultz / Art