vox poetica is pleased to announce its nominations to the 2016 Best of the Net anthology by Sundress Publications. This year’s nominated poems are:

“Belfast” by John J. McKenna (July 6, 2016)

“Printmaking” by Nancy Scott McBride (September 14, 2016)

“The Reservoir” by James H. Duncan (September 29, 2016)

“Shorebirds” by Moriah LaChapell (September 30, 2016)

“Steel in the Sandbox” by Mel Paisley (October 23, 2016)

Congratulations to this year’s nominees, and on behalf of vox poetica‘s editors, a heartfelt thanks to every poet who’s submitted and published poetry at vox poetica this year—as well as every reader who’s visited the site and everyone who’s commented here or on our social media feeds. We hope you’ll all continue to be a part of the family of poetry lovers who’ve assembled here. Send submissions of original, unpublished poetry to voxpoeticasubmissions@gmail.com.