- The Last Broadcast Before Dawn, by Jane McCarthy (Cyberpunk)
- the thermistor of my body as a drone, by Ismail Yusuf Olumoh (Birds)
- An Index of Feathered Elsewheres, by Oladosu Michael Emerald (Birds)
- A Packet of Seeds, by Ori Diskett (Plants)
- Transgarden, by Alex K. Masse (Plants)
- Wherever the Light Takes Us Home This Spring, by Chukwuebuka (Nonbinaries)
2025 Pushcart prize nominations, Eye to the Telescope