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]
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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]
Introducing the American Short Fiction Workshop
This year, we are delighted to launch the inaugural American Short Fiction Workshop. From Thursday, May 26 to Monday, May 30, we will welcome twenty-four writers to Austin to study with short-story masters Karen Russell and Dantiel W. Moniz over the course of four energizing, enlightening days. Participants will attend daily fiction workshops, one-on-one meetings with distinguished faculty, and craft lectures by faculty, special guests, and ASF editors. We’ll provide space to generate new ... [READ MORE]
A Letter from the Editors: 30 Years of Extraordinary Short Stories
Dear Reader, At American Short Fiction, we believe reading is transformative and that literature has the power to change the way we see ourselves, our world, and our place in it. ASF was founded in 1991 with a mission to publish today's most significant stories. In 2021, as we celebrate our 30th anniversary, our editors continue that legacy by advancing the short form, in all its diversity and complexity, in every edition. That's why we are launching a special anniversary campaign to raise ... [READ MORE]
American Short(er) Fiction Prize 2022
We are thrilled to announce that Brandon Hobson—author of Where the Dead Sit Talking, a National Book Award Finalist, and the 2021 novel The Removed, hailed by the NPR as "deeply resonant and profound"— will judge our 2022 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 ... [READ MORE]
Introducing Story Menagerie: Literary Postcards by Edward Carey
Award-winning author and illustrator Edward Carey’s daily drawings have been an unexpected source of joy for all of us at ASF during a difficult year and a half. These illustrations—some whimsical, some terrifying—are playful, incisive, and magnetic, much like our favorite short fiction. We liked them so much we commissioned Carey to create a set of limited-edition literary postcards, which are now on sale for $25. Story Menagerie: Literary Postcards | $25 Twenty 4” x 6” ... [READ MORE]