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Read the winners of the 2024 Insider Prize

by ASF Editors | September 27, 2024

Read the winners of the 2024 Insider Prize

Stories live through their readers. This year’s winners of American Short Fiction’s Insider Prize were brought to life by dozens of readers—by my friends, colleagues, students, two former high school teachers, and our guest judge, Peter Orner—generous individuals who donated their time to a bounty of incredible submissions. ASF’s partnership with Huston-Tillotson University’s Department of English and Institute for Justice and Equity has made sharing and celebrating the winning stories and

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Story Sessions: Percival Everett in Conversation with Roger Reeves

by ASF Editors | August 20, 2024

Story Sessions: Percival Everett in Conversation with Roger Reeves

Join ASF for the first installment of Story Sessions, a literary series that brings exceptional authors together for a freewheeling discussion about the power of stories and the ways we share them, on September 27, 2024, at Huston-Tillotson University from 6 – 8:00 p.m. We’re thrilled to welcome the nationally award-winning novelist Percival Everett to the stage alongside the distinguished poet and National Book Award finalist Roger Reeves. This event is free and open to the public and ASL

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Announcing the winners of the 2024 American Short(er) Fiction Prize

by ASF Editors | June 20, 2024

Announcing the winners of the 2024 American Short(er) Fiction Prize

We are delighted to announce that Dantiel W. Moniz has chosen the winners of our 2024 American Short(er) Fiction Contest. Thank you to our judge and to everyone who submitted—it is always inspiring to read your work. Congratulations to the winners! First-Place Prize "Jack Sprat's Wife" by John McManus In selecting this story, Moniz called it "a gorgeously crafted and contained world, a peek inside the deep bowels of family, shame, and grief, which, although brief, also allowed me to see the

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The 2024 Halifax Ranch Prize Winners

by ASF Editors | February 1, 2024

The 2024 Halifax Ranch Prize Winners

We are thrilled to announce the winners of this year's Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize, judged by Kelly Link. We consider it our privilege to have spent time with so many terrific submissions—thank you for giving us the opportunity to read your work. Congratulations to the winners! _____ First-Place Prize: "A Place Where Sadness Cannot Go" by Laura Grothaus Judge Kelly Link writes, "While every single story I read from the long list had something to recommend it—I can’t say how thrilling it is

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Now Open: American Short(er) Fiction Prize

by ASF Editors | November 30, 2023

Now Open: American Short(er) Fiction Prize

We are thrilled to announce that the brilliant Dantiel W. Moniz—author of the acclaimed story collection Milk, Blood, Heat—will judge our 2024 American Short(er) Fiction Prize. The prize recognizes extraordinary short fiction under 1,000 words. The first-place winner will receive a $1,000 prize and 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 Presses. All entries will be considered for

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Introducing Stephanie Macias, ASF’s New Managing Editor

by Nate Brown | October 5, 2023

Introducing Stephanie Macias, ASF’s New Managing Editor

For five years, Stephanie Macias has been reading and considering submissions to American Short Fiction, and she's been instrumental in running our in-person events in Austin. A virtual Swiss Army Knife of artistic pursuits (she's a writer, photographer, visual artist, musician, and editor), Stephanie is now set to bring her broad experience and enthusiasm for stories to a new role at American Short Fiction: that of managing editor. As the outgoing managing editor, I'm both grateful for and

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Issue 81

Guest-edited by Fernando A. Flores, featuring new stories by Yvette DeChavez, Julián Delgado Lopera, Carribean Fragoza, Alejandro Heredia, Carmen Maria Machado, Ruben Reyes Jr., and Gerardo Sámano Córdova.

You can preview the issue here.

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Read the winners of the 2024 Insider Prize

Read the winners of the 2024 Insider Prize

By ASF Editors

“Memories are a nuisance,” Peter wrote to one of our writers after reading his short story, “but nonetheless they seem to make us who we are, as this story confirms.” This year’s submissions told many stories burdened with memory, but just as many stared bravely into the face of hope, satirized the state of politics, speculated on the future of the world, or else built entirely new worlds to inhabit. In short, the stories written on the inside reflected the stories we wrote this year on the outside. Stories of human toil and dreams and everything in between.
 

Issue 81 is out now: guest-edited by Fernando A. Flores, with stories by Julián Delgado Lopera, Carmen Maria Machado, Ruben Reyes Jr., and more. Order yours today!

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