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Our flash fiction contest opens Monday, February 15 and runs through May 1. Guidelines here.
The winners of our Short Story Contest, judged by Rick Moody, will be announced shortly. Thanks to all who entered!
In January 2010, ASF received a matching grant from the NEA. These funds will go to support production costs--including funding important things like contributors' payments.
Two stories from the magazine are in The Best American Short Stories 2009, out now. The stories receiving this honor are "The Peripatetic Coffin" by Ethan Rutherford and "NowTrends" by Karl Taro Greenfeld. Congratulations, Ethan and Karl! We have recently switched to online submissions. Please check out our submission guidelines and submit your story online via our Submission Manager. |
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- Write Now, Travel Later: Opportunities in Ohio and New York
Ohio
The Cincinnati Review invites those passionate about theory and practice of the short story to present papers and break-out sessions at University of Cincinnati during the Ohio Festival of the Short Story May 7-8, 2010.
Readings and a public interview will feature Lee K. Abbott (pictured left), Nancy Zafris, Margaret Luongo, and Donald Ray Pollock.
Proposals due [...]
- Tonight at USAA–Five Things: Fractured Tales and Funny Fables
The good ship Five Things is hauling booty back from ancient Greece with gyro meat in its teeth and fables on its mind.
The ship runs aground at the doors of United States Art Authority at 7 p.m. just in time for a night of fractured tales and funny fables. Plus 21st-century pan flutists and [...]
- Kick-Start Your Way to a Writing Career?
If I had a dollar for every time, this week, a writer has said to me, “The economy sucks! Writers needs trust funds!” I’d be a buck richer. I mean, just yesterday the idea of a trust fund seemed so, well, preposterous. I was all, Yeah, sure, trust fund—hey, can I finish your Black Label?
You [...]
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The stories in this issue are bold, ambitious, visceral. With new
writing from Eugene Cross, Leigh Gallagher, Michael Noll, Laura C. J.
Owen, and Suzanne Rivecca.
