So this is the time of year many SFF writers compose posts outlining what short stories (etc.) are eligible for nomination for awards. While more prolific writers than me usually have a long list for you to choose from, most years I only have two or three pieces you might consider. This year it is only one:
El Cantar of Rising Sun, which was published in Uncanny Magazine, issue 11, July/August 2016.
It is an unusual piece —a riff on epic narrative poems that follow the protagonist’s trajectory from birth to death with countless journeys and battles between … Only this epic takes place on Philly streets in 2014, and at its heart is a very distinct set of journeys and battles.
A fast-moving, dizzying, tragic tale with magic tattoos, rhymes, love, friendship, and death. The language is powerfully alive, swaggering and moving to its own rhythm and its own beat. Original and skillfully crafted.
— from Maria Haskins’ monthly short fiction round-up.
If you believe it is worth nominating, El Cantar of Rising Sun is eligible in the short-story category for Nebula, Hugo and Pushcart awards.
Sabrina Vourvoulias 
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