American Short Fiction is excited to join Lit Crawl Austin to present our second installment of "Whose Line Is it Anyway?"— a hilarious and highbrow night of literature, guessing games, and other foolish fun. Join us at Wonderland Austin with brilliant and charming Texas Book Festival authors Elizabeth McCracken, Lauren Groff, Alexandra Kleeman, Benjamin Markovits, and Skip Horack, drink a draft cocktail, and watch these writers blindly guess which of them is the writer of the sentences we … [Read more...] about ASF & Lit Crawl Present: Whose Line Is it Anyway?
ASF & Lit Crawl Austin Present: Whose Line Is it Anyway?
We are excited to join Lit Crawl Austin to present our second installment of "Whose Line Is it Anyway?" a hilarious and highbrow night of literature, guessing games, and other foolish fun. Come hang out at Wonderland Austin with Texas Book Festival authors Elizabeth McCracken, Lauren Groff, Alexandra Kleeman, Benjamin Markovits, and Skip Horack, and watch these authors blindly guess which of them is the writer of the sentences we culled from their latest books. Short readings by the authors will … [Read more...] about ASF & Lit Crawl Austin Present: Whose Line Is it Anyway?
Best American
Congratulations to Ammi Keller, whose story, "Isaac Cameron Hill," will be anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015, edited by Adam Johnson! The story originally appeared in ASF Issue 58. … [Read more...] about Best American
Baltimore Authors Respond to the Death of Freddie Gray: A Reading and Community Conversation
Join ASF and the University of Baltimore on May 13th for a reading and conversation with Baltimore writers who've recently confronted the death of Freddie Gray. Authors Jane Delury, Michael Downs, Derick Ebert, Kenneth Morrison, Lia Purpura, Deborah Rudacille, Khaliah Williams & others will read at 8 PM at UB's Merrick School of Business. … [Read more...] about Baltimore Authors Respond to the Death of Freddie Gray: A Reading and Community Conversation
American Short(er) Fiction Contest: Winners Announced!
We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2015 American Short(er) Fiction Prize, judged by Stuart Dybek. Thank you to everyone who submitted. We were overwhelmed by the breadth and quality of the stories, and, reading them, were thrilled again and again by the versatility and potential of the flash fiction form. The winning stories will be published in the magazine's fall issue. The first prize went to Jennifer Murvin, for her story "Emporium," a subtle rumination on a father's purchase … [Read more...] about American Short(er) Fiction Contest: Winners Announced!
Come and Take It: Texas Lit Party at AWP
Kick off your AWP with Texas’s finest indie presses and lit mags. Come have a drink on us at Liquor Lyle's on Wednesday April 8th from 7 PM until the whiskey runs dry. With your hosts: American Short Fiction, The Austin Review, Bat City Review, Foxing, Gulf Coast, Litragger, NANO Fiction, and A Strange Object. … [Read more...] about Come and Take It: Texas Lit Party at AWP