I suppose, before diving in, to put it in short, short fiction has opened a tremendous num­ber of doors for me personally as a writer – craft-wise, career-wise, opportunity-wise. I don’t think the ...

Writing short stories presents a unique challenge, requiring a careful balance of creativity, structure, and brevity. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), writers now have access to tools ...

When I give presentations to aspiring writers – particularly presentations on writing and selling short stories – I’m always careful to emphasize that short stories are no longer the apprenticeship ...

For the past couple months, I’ve had vivid dreams that linger into the following day about a mashup of various things — ranging from characters to dream destinations to animals that aren’t fully ...

“We have professors of poetry and professors of ethnicized literature, but no professors of the short story,” Michael J. Collins said to a Stanford crowd on Tuesday. He joked that it may be because it ...

The 2026 iteration, generously staged by the University of Waikato under the auspices of Catherine Chidgey in her role as associate professor of English and Writing Studies, is the latest sign of the ...