A quarterly magazine, American Short Fiction strives to discover and publish new fiction in which transformations of language, narrative, and character ...

Short stories are a great way to dig into a new author's work in one sitting or revel in the mastery an author might have in tightly packing a story in this ...

Sep 22, 2008 ... I got word this week about an upcoming contest deadline from American Short Fiction, and wanted to pass it on: ...

The O. Henry Prize Stories series has an extensively proven track record (89 years) in the selection of terrific short prose, and the pieces in the 2008 ...

Before you show your story to anyone, make sure that you've caught at least the obvious spelling and grammar mistakes using this comprehensive editing ...

1965 - "The Kittens", short fiction; 1965 - "This Fence", short fiction; 1965- 1967 - The Reflector, poetry collection; 1966 - "Some Disputed Barricade", ...

Per Contra 2007 Prize for Short Fiction. Tuesday December 12, 2006. I just got word about a contest for a relatively new journal, Per Contra: The ...

Edited by Salman Rushdie, 'The Best American Short Stories 2008' will provoke, amuse, stun and mystify readers as they carom from story to story, ...

Practical advice on writing short stories for those just getting started, and old pros alike.

Fragile Things, Gaiman's second collection of short fiction, contains approximately twenty previously published pieces of short fiction -- stories, verse, ...