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
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The 2022 American Short(er) Fiction Prize Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners for this year's American Short(er) Fiction Prize, judged by National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson. Thank you to everyone who submitted—it is always uplifting to read your work. Congratulations to the winners! _____ First-Place Prize: "A High School Production of Titus Andronicus" by Greg Schutz Judge Brandon Hobson writes, "'A High School Production of Titus Andronicus' is an extraordinary exploration of family and grief. Written in spare, rich
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,"
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
Contest Closed: The Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize
We’re so pleased to announce that our judge for this year’s Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize will be the wonderful Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth: A Novel (Riverhead Books, 2021) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and the New York Times bestselling debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2019). This year, we're again partnering with the Tasajillo Residency, an idyllic writing residency that neighbors the Halifax Ranch just outside of Austin in Kyle, Texas. In
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