_Spring_2010_cover.jpg) Spring 2010 cover | |
| Editors |
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|---|---|
| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Frequency | Triannual |
| Publisher | American Short Fiction, Inc. |
| Founder | Laura Furman |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Austin, Texas |
| Website | americanshortfiction |
| ISSN | 1051-4813 |
American Short Fiction is a nationally circulated literary magazine founded in 1991 and based in Austin, Texas. Issued triannually, American Short Fiction publishes short fiction, novel excerpts, an occasional novella, and strives to publish work by both established and emerging contemporary authors. The magazine seeks out stories "that dive into the wreck, that stretch the reader between recognition and surprise, that conjure a particular world with delicate expertise—stories that take a different way home."[1]
American Short Fiction sponsors two annual short fiction contests, the Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize judged in 2018 by ZZ Packer, and the American Short(er) Fiction Prize. The magazine also sponsors a reading series in Austin as well as online workshops for fiction writers.