This fall, American Short Fiction will host three virtual events featuring some of today’s most exciting and celebrated writers as they share eight books that helped them grow as writers, thinkers, and humans. As with previous events in this series, there will be an ASL interpreter at this event. This event is free, though you'll need to register here. For each “My Constellation of 8” event, we’ve partnered with an independent bookstore of the author’s choice to sell the recommended texts as ... [READ MORE]
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Every Possible Landform, Weather Condition, and Natural Disaster: An Interview with Matthew Baker
Matthew Baker's second collection of short stories, Why Visit America (out now from Henry Holt), takes ambitious aim at this country's societal and political systems. Each story arrives through some manner of warped lens—a lens in which America, at first, appears very unfamiliar. New technologies, new borders, new pandemics. But the deeper into these stories you read, the more you recognize similar dangers at play in our own United States. The stories quickly cohere into a comprehensive map of ... [READ MORE]
Announcing the 2020 Winners of the Insider Prize
For the last three years, American Short Fiction has sponsored a contest for incarcerated writers in Texas. A group of writers at the Connally Unit, in Kenedy, Texas, came up with the name: The Insider Prize. Each year we get dozens of essays and short stories from men and women in prisons and jails across the state, some handwritten and others produced on typewriters. They tell stories about their lives before prison, about the conditions inside, and about the many places their imaginations ... [READ MORE]
Say Hello to Amanda Faraone, Our New Development & Communications Director
Our little team here at American Short Fiction has just grown by one: this month we're welcoming the wonderful Amanda Faraone on board as our new development and communications director. As a fiction writer, literary programmer, and seasoned communications and development professional, Faraone brings valuable experience to the table, and we're so grateful and excited to have her on our team. I recently emailed Faraone a few questions so that you, too, can get to know her. — Nate Brown: First, ... [READ MORE]
In 2020, Recommit to Reading Literary Magazines
With the new year comes our best-ever subscription bundle. From now until February 1st, you can get a one-year subscription to American Short Fiction, The Believer, and BOMB for only $80. That's a 27% discount off the regular price! This bundle makes a great gift as well, so if you've got a literature and art-loving friend or two, get this deal while the getting's good. Click here to Subscribe Today. Founded in 1991 and based in Austin, Texas, American Short Fiction is a two-time finalist for ... [READ MORE]
Join us for Lit City at The LINE Hotel, featuring Rebecca Makkai & Paul Lisicky
Lit City at The LINE Featuring Rebecca Makkai & Paul Lisicky in conversation with Richard Z. Santos Monday, May 20th at 7:00pm The LINE Austin | East Lobby 111 East Cesar Chavez Street | Austin, TX 78701 Free entry and valet with RSVP — On Monday, May 20th at 7 p.m., join us in the East Lobby of the LINE Austin for the second installment of our new literary salon, Lit City at the LINE. This month features Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers, ... [READ MORE]