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New: Audio of Authors Reading Their Online Fiction

New: Audio of Authors Reading Their Online Fiction

Big news, friends. Since January, we've been working on a little project: from here on out, you'll be able to find audio content for our online exclusives embedded with the text of the stories and over on our Soundcloud page. ... [READ MORE]

Best American

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]

Baltimore Authors Respond to the Death of Freddie Gray: A Reading and Community Conversation

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]

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]

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]

Pushcart News

Pushcart News

Congratulations to Barrett Swanson, whose story “Annie Radcliffe,You Are Loved,” which you can read in ASF’s 56th issue, just won a Pushcart Prize! It will be published in the 2015 Collection. ... [READ MORE]

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