Applications for the 2023 American Short Fiction Workshop are now open! This year's four-day intensive will take place from Thursday, May 25, to Monday, May 29, in Austin, Texas, led by novelist and National Book Award finalist Dr. Brandon Hobson and acclaimed author and No Tokens Founding Editor T Kira Māhealani Madden. If you are a writer looking to hone your craft, gain important insights from editors and award-winning authors, and discover a community that will last long past your time in … [Read more...] about Applications now open for the 2023 American Short Fiction Workshop
Announcing New Winter Short Story Workshop
Join us this winter for a 8-week short story workshop led led by Stacey Swann, author of the novel Olympus, Texas and former editor of American Short Fiction. Participants will join an intimate group (capped at 12) in a craft-inspired class held at ASF Headquarters in East Austin. More details, including how to apply, here. … [Read more...] about Announcing New Winter Short Story Workshop
Remembering Austin literary legend Joe W. Bratcher III
Because grief unites us, like the locked antlers of moose who die on their knees in pairs. -William Matthews We are heartbroken at the loss of Austin literary legend, publisher of Host Publications, owner of independent bookstore Malvern Books, founder of Adam's Music House, and friend Joe W. Bratcher III, who passed away last Thursday, July 28th, due to complications from Covid. Host Publications, which Joe cofounded in 1988 with Elzbieta Szoka, began as a small press primarily dedicated … [Read more...] about Remembering Austin literary legend Joe W. Bratcher III
ASF launches a collaboration with Texas Monthly
Today, American Short Fiction launched a new collaboration with Texas Monthly: a semi-regular series of short stories from Texan authors edited by ASF Coeditors Rebecca Markovits and Adeena Reitberger and copublished in ASF Online and Texas Monthly's print and digital editions. Texas Monthly has chronicled life in the Lone Star State for almost half a century and reaches a combined monthly audience of over 34.6 million. "This partnership marks a new chapter for American Short Fiction," … [Read more...] about ASF launches a collaboration with Texas Monthly
Announcing the 2022 ASF Workshop Scholars & Fellows
We are delighted to announce the inaugural American Short Fiction Workshop. This May, we will welcome twenty-four writers to Austin to study with short-story masters Karen Russell and Dantiel W. Moniz. Today, we're so pleased to introduce our initial cohort of ASF Workshop Fellows & Scholars. 2022 WORKSHOP SCHOLARS Christine Vines is a fiction writer from Wichita, KS. Her work has appeared in One Story, Witness, BOMB, Joyland, Electric Literature, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and The … [Read more...] about Announcing the 2022 ASF Workshop Scholars & Fellows
My Constellation of 8: Cara Blue Adams
Join American Short Fiction for the latest installment of My Constellation of 8 on May 17th at 6:30 p.m. CDT, featuring award-winning author Cara Blue Adams in conversation about eight of her literary influences with ASF's Mari Sabusawa Fellow Willie Fitzgerald. All book sales will benefit The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Live closed captions are available for all Google Chrome users. RSVP now to save your seat! About Cara Blue Adams Cara Blue Adams is the author … [Read more...] about My Constellation of 8: Cara Blue Adams