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
Best of the Net
Congratulations to Sarah Gerkensmeyer, whose story, "Ramona," was selected by Sundress Publications for the 2014 Best of the Net Anthology! "Ramona" was published on our website as April's web exclusive. … [Read more...] about Best of the Net
Review: Elizabeth McCracken’s Thunderstruck and Other Stories
If, as George Saunders would have it, fiction is more interesting when death is in the room, then Thunderstruck and Other Stories, which won The Story Prize last week, is positively teeming with interest. Still, the various deaths and disappearances running through the nine meticulously crafted stories in Elizabeth McCracken’s moving and deeply cathartic collection could easily overwhelm if not for the charismatic force of her prose and darkly comic bedside manner. Where a lesser writer might … [Read more...] about Review: Elizabeth McCracken’s Thunderstruck and Other Stories
Contest Closed: American Short(er) Fiction Prize
We are thrilled to announce that Stuart Dybek will be judging this year's American Short(er) Fiction Prize. The prize recognizes extraordinary short fiction under 1,000 words. The first-place winner will receive a $500 prize and publication, and the second-place winner will receive $250 and publication. All entries will be considered for publication. Previous winners of the Short(er) Fiction Prize have gone on to be anthologized in places such as The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small … [Read more...] about Contest Closed: American Short(er) Fiction Prize
American Short Fiction Prize: Winners Announced!
We are pleased to announce the prize winners for our 2014 American Short Fiction Contest. Contest judge Amy Hempel chose these stories out of a wealth of terrific submissions. The first-place prize goes to Scott Gloden, for his story “What Is Louder,” about a young man who works in a post office and his brother who is a soldier in Pakistan. Amy Hempel praised the story for its newness, commenting, “the ending is unnerving, very unsettling, and continues the story in a reader's imagination.” … [Read more...] about American Short Fiction Prize: Winners Announced!