2019 Annual Prose and Poetry Short List

Prose

The Thief, the Crier, and those Damned Dark Ages
Phoebe’s Five-Finger Revolt
Fluid
By the Numbers
Roll, Pitch, and Yaw
Blooms
Conservation
Gloria
The Canary’s Calling
Three Bucks
A Tea Party for Nomi
Barred with White
The Voynich Manuscript

Poetry

Arc Welding and the Sorcery of Premonition in Beijing, 1989 Tiananmen Square Revisited
What I Need is Another Hole in the Head
Questions for David in the Presence of Death
Mixed Medium
The Blurb
Filthy Rich
Notes from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Watershed Moments Snorkeling Finless in the Pacific. Costa Rica
Place of Origin, Unmapped
Atrial Fibrillation: My Husband Gets a New Diagnosis
Honey
Seduction
Press 0 to Speak Directly to God
Curmudgeon
Stubborn Fucks
Mercurochrome
Midnight on the Gibson River
Shark Teeth
Test Case
Ballad of a Free Man
The Kettle Bomber
Death Machine: Dr. Death’s Mechanical Syringe Delivered Potassium chlorideInto patients’ Veins 
Decision-Making Time
First and Second Loves