bestmicrofiction 2025

1st Runner-Up of the Short Story / Anthology category in the 2025 Eric Hoffer Awards


WINNER of the Bronze Medal for a book series in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards

FINALIST in the 2021 Big Other Book Award for Fiction.


“When you read a piece under 400 words that stops you in your tracks, it only makes you want to read another with such power. Fortunately, thankfully, we have Best Microfiction, which gives us a book of the best. They may be short, but the pieces will last you a year, making their way into your heart and mind—just in time for next year’s edition.” Brian Mihok, matchbook

The following stories have been chosen by final judge Dawn Raffel to appear in Best Microfiction 2025. Congratulations!

Best Microfiction 2025


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