NOTEBOOK FEATURE

Save the Date: Announcing The Stars at Night 2019 Honorees!

Join us on Thursday, October 17th, for our 4th annual The Stars at Night celebration, a bright Texas evening of brilliant company, joyful honky-tonk, and literary splendor. Tickets go on sale August 1! Come for the  country music, dance lessons, and readings, and stay for the open bar, delicious food, silent auction, and the historic charm of Mercury Hall, complete with beautiful gardens and rambling live oaks on a bright starry lawn. So mark the date on your calendar and shine those cowboy boots—it’s an evening you don’t want to miss! The night will feature a very special group of honorees. See who they are, after the jump! We can’t wait for you to meet them! […]

Save the Date: Announcing The Stars at Night 2019 Honorees!

Join us on Thursday, October 17th, for our 4th annual The Stars at Night celebration, a bright Texas evening of brilliant company, joyful honky-tonk, and literary splendor. Tickets go on sale August 1! Come for the  country music, dance lessons, and readings, and stay for the open bar, delicious food, silent auction, and the historic charm of Mercury Hall, complete with beautiful gardens and rambling live oaks on a bright starry lawn. So mark the date on your calendar and shine those cowboy boots—it’s an evening you don’t want to miss! The night will feature a very special group of honorees. See who they are, after the jump! We can’t wait for you to meet them! […]

What Doesn’t Kill You: An Interview with Sabrina Orah Mark

Poet Sabrina Orah Mark is the author of Wild Milk, a collection of surreal short stories that marks her debut in fiction. Wild Milk has been called “necessary book for our perilous age” by Kirkus and a collection of “tales to wake you up at last” by author Edward Carey. Though short, these stories are deep as the ocean blue. You can drown or swim in them (and enjoy yourself either way). I recently spoke with Orah Mark, who opened up about […]

Putting Emotion into Language: A Conversation with Polly Rosenwaike

In her artfully constructed debut collection Look How Happy I’m Making You, Polly Rosenwaike presents stories about motherhood, pregnancy, and the range of emotions that surround becoming—or not becoming—a parent. Rosenwaike expertly explores anticipation and excitement, loss and longing in twelve stories, which Kirkus calls “An exquisite collection that is candid, compassionate, and emotionally complex.” […]

Winners of the 2019 American Short(er) Fiction Prize

We are thrilled to announce the winners for this year’s American Short(er) Fiction Prize, judged by Danielle Dutton. Thank you to everyone who submitted. The winning stories will be published in the magazine’s summer issue. […]

Contest Closed: The 2019 Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize is closed for submissions!

The 2019 Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize has closed for submissions. Thank you to everyone who submitted their work. Keep your eyes out for the winner, chosen by Rebecca Makkai, in an upcoming issue of American Short Fiction.

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