Distinguished Work

Distinguished Work

Distinguished Work

This is a collection of all the work nominated for awards or recognized in contests that has been published by The Bloomin’ Onion.

Best of the Net - 2025

Ode to an Egg Timer by Billie-Leigh Burns

Sinning in St. Alberts by Leah Skay

Pushcart Prize - 2025

Birds of Prey by Conor Gearin

Saint Iris by Andrew Blight

The Frog With Unusually Long Legs by Jamie Good

The Nut Farmer’s Delilah by C.A. Dickson

The Wedding Curse by Rachel Grate

What Are You Doing to Me Now? by Travis Flatt

Flash Fiction Contest - 2026

1,001 Stars by Lana Frankle

‍A Natural Birth by Abigail Denton

Confessions of a Wall Street Saleswoman by Grace Cen

Delicious by Lupe Reyes

‍Fling by Thora Dahlke

‍Opaline by Kelly Murashige

Best of the Net - 2026

Fiction

The Winter You Don’t Remember by Andrew Hansen

The Suds by Kelly Murashige

Poetry

Used Envelopes by Ann Grogan

Shinny by George Lang

Sky Gliders by James J. Siegel

Ruskin’s Ghost Erupts… by Nathan Fako