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<\/figure>\nThe Story Prize winner announced <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ling Ma’s short story collection Bliss Montage<\/em> (2022) won the $20 000 Story Prize. Runners up, Natural History<\/em> (2022) by Andrea Barrett and Night of the Living Rez<\/em> (2022) by Morgan Talty won $5000 each. (Full story on AP News<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/god-isnt-here-today-1-150x150.png\")
<\/figure>\nCarol Shields Prize longlist announced <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Canadian author Francine Cunningham, author of the short story collection God Isn\u2019t Here Today<\/em> (2022) is longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize. (Full story on The Free Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nShort Story Adaptations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/essex-county-by-jeff-lemire-150x150.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nEssex County<\/em> on Netflix <\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn 2008, Canadian cartoonist and author, Jeff Lemire published three linked graphic short stories\u2014”Tales from the Farm,” “Ghost Stories,” and “The Country Nurse”\u2014in the collection Essex County<\/em>. This year they’re heading for Netflix. (Full story on CBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brokeback-mountain.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n“Brokeback Mountain” on stage <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
“Brokeback Mountain,” a short story about the aff by Annie Proulx became a film in 2005, and this year makes its way to the stage in London’s West End. (Full story on ET Canada<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nPublisher News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fiyah-logo.png\")
<\/figure>\nOn the creation of FIYAH magazine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Read about LD Lewis’ collaboration with Justina Ireland and other black creators from Niggerati Space Station virtual salon to create FIYAH, the home of black speculative short fiction. (Full story on BookRiot<\/a> | Go to FIYAH Magazine<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAuthor News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/michael-reaves.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nMichael Reaves dies at 72<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Michael Reaves was an acclaimed screenwriter and novelist, but did you know that he got his start as a short story writer? (Read the full tribute on CBR<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nShort Stories & Tech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot_20221207_083942-150x150.png\")
<\/figure>\nChat GPT writes another short story <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Author and editor James from POC network decided to ask Chat GPT to write him another short story. This is what happened. (Full article on POC Network<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/synthetic-stories.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nPodcast for AI-Generated short stories <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A new podcast called Synthetic Stories<\/em> explores the edges of AI-generated stories with machine-generated plots, voices, music and artwork. (Full article on the Financial Times<\/a> | First episode on Synthetic Stories<\/a><\/em> Podcast<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nInterviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/new-suns-nisi-shawl.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nLocus talks with Nisi Shawl about New Suns 2 <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nNisi Shawl, editor of New Suns 2, talks about writing short stories and editing anthologies: \u201cI think short fiction is more relevant \u2013 it\u2019s more cutting-edge than novels. Novels follow the trail that is blazed by short fiction. Short fiction is just this strange new thing happening in your head, happening on the page before you, happening in tandem with whatever\u2019s happening for the creator, or the reader. Short fiction is a group project, and I wish people would pay more attention to it.” (Full interview at Locus Mag<\/a>) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/thank-you-mr-nixon.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nWrite-Minded Podcast talks with Gish Jen <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nCheck out Gish Jen talking with Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner of the Write-Minded Podcast<\/em> about creating tension in her 2022 collection Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories.<\/em> (Full interview on the Write-Minded Podcast<\/a><\/em>) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/nature-trail-stories-shannon-mcleod.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nOtherppl Podcast talks with Shannon McLeaod <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nShannon McLeod chats with Brad Listi about her collection Nature Trail Stories<\/em> and the emotional stability of flash fiction. (Full interview on Otherppl Podcast<\/a>) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nCalls for submission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nElizabeth Jolly Story Prize<\/strong> (International) (Closes Apr 24) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\nMesa Short Story (and poetry) Contest<\/strong> (International?) (Closes Apr 30) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\nHey Almas Fiction Contest<\/strong> (International–Jewish) (Closes May 1) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\nZeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women<\/strong> (Pakistan) (Closes Jun 30) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\nGrist 2200 Climate Fiction Short Story Contest<\/strong> (International) (Jun 13) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nNew Releases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nTwenty-two new releases this month! (See all 2023 new releases<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/hope-verdad-presents-short-stories-for-thinkers-francesca-flood.jpg\")
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<\/figure>\nBy release date:<\/strong> Short Stories for Thinkers<\/em> by Francsca Flood (Mar 2), Horrors of the Night<\/em> by Matthe Battistone (Mar 3), Drinking from Graveyard Wells<\/em> by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (Mar 7), Old Babes in the Woods<\/em> by Margaret Atwood (Mar 7), A Manual for How to Love Us<\/em> by Erin Slaughter (Mar 14), Chrysalis<\/em> by Anuja Varghese (Mar 14), New Suns 2<\/em> edited by Nisi Shawl (Mar 14), The Accidental Universe and Other Stories <\/em>by Gerard Marconi (Mar 14), Little Moments<\/em> by Utosha L Curry (Mar 17), Fools Should Never Marry!<\/em> by Lil Miss (Mar 19), A Broken People’s Playlist<\/em> by Chimeka Garricks (Mar 21), Ten Planets<\/em> by Yuri Hererra (Mar 21), Nature Trail Stories<\/em> by Shannon McLeod (Mar 24), Thrillville, USA<\/em> by Talor Koekkoek (Mar 21), Abnormal Statistics <\/em>by Max Booth III (Mar 28), I’d Really Prefer Not to Be Here with You, and Other Stories<\/em> by Julianna Baggott (Mar 28), Tombs: Story Collection <\/em>by Junji Ito (Mar 28), White Cat, Black Dog<\/em> by Kelly Link (Mar 28), From Far Around They Saw Us Burn<\/em> by Alice Jolly (Mar 30), Tales of a Spiritual Sun<\/em> by Paul Kiritsis (Mar 30), Under My Skin<\/em> by KJ Parker (Mar 30). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The month of March brought us six calls for submission, interviews with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[110,109,97,106,98,100,111,103,104,108,105,107,96,99,101,102,95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2115,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions\/2115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>The Story Prize winner announced <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ling Ma’s short story collection Bliss Montage<\/em> (2022) won the $20 000 Story Prize. Runners up, Natural History<\/em> (2022) by Andrea Barrett and Night of the Living Rez<\/em> (2022) by Morgan Talty won $5000 each. (Full story on AP News<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Canadian author Francine Cunningham, author of the short story collection God Isn\u2019t Here Today<\/em> (2022) is longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize. (Full story on The Free Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n In 2008, Canadian cartoonist and author, Jeff Lemire published three linked graphic short stories\u2014”Tales from the Farm,” “Ghost Stories,” and “The Country Nurse”\u2014in the collection Essex County<\/em>. This year they’re heading for Netflix. (Full story on CBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n “Brokeback Mountain,” a short story about the aff by Annie Proulx became a film in 2005, and this year makes its way to the stage in London’s West End. (Full story on ET Canada<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Read about LD Lewis’ collaboration with Justina Ireland and other black creators from Niggerati Space Station virtual salon to create FIYAH, the home of black speculative short fiction. (Full story on BookRiot<\/a> | Go to FIYAH Magazine<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Michael Reaves was an acclaimed screenwriter and novelist, but did you know that he got his start as a short story writer? (Read the full tribute on CBR<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Author and editor James from POC network decided to ask Chat GPT to write him another short story. This is what happened. (Full article on POC Network<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n A new podcast called Synthetic Stories<\/em> explores the edges of AI-generated stories with machine-generated plots, voices, music and artwork. (Full article on the Financial Times<\/a> | First episode on Synthetic Stories<\/a><\/em> Podcast<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Nisi Shawl, editor of New Suns 2, talks about writing short stories and editing anthologies: \u201cI think short fiction is more relevant \u2013 it\u2019s more cutting-edge than novels. Novels follow the trail that is blazed by short fiction. Short fiction is just this strange new thing happening in your head, happening on the page before you, happening in tandem with whatever\u2019s happening for the creator, or the reader. Short fiction is a group project, and I wish people would pay more attention to it.” (Full interview at Locus Mag<\/a>) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Check out Gish Jen talking with Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner of the Write-Minded Podcast<\/em> about creating tension in her 2022 collection Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories.<\/em> (Full interview on the Write-Minded Podcast<\/a><\/em>) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Shannon McLeod chats with Brad Listi about her collection Nature Trail Stories<\/em> and the emotional stability of flash fiction. (Full interview on Otherppl Podcast<\/a>) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Elizabeth Jolly Story Prize<\/strong> (International) (Closes Apr 24) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesa Short Story (and poetry) Contest<\/strong> (International?) (Closes Apr 30) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hey Almas Fiction Contest<\/strong> (International–Jewish) (Closes May 1) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women<\/strong> (Pakistan) (Closes Jun 30) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grist 2200 Climate Fiction Short Story Contest<\/strong> (International) (Jun 13) (view submission guidelines<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Twenty-two new releases this month! (See all 2023 new releases<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The month of March brought us six calls for submission, interviews with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[110,109,97,106,98,100,111,103,104,108,105,107,96,99,101,102,95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2115,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions\/2115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshortstoryeditor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/figure>Carol Shields Prize longlist announced <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Short Story Adaptations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Essex County<\/em> on Netflix <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>“Brokeback Mountain” on stage <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Publisher News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>On the creation of FIYAH magazine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Author News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Michael Reaves dies at 72<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Short Stories & Tech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Chat GPT writes another short story <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Podcast for AI-Generated short stories <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Interviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Locus talks with Nisi Shawl about New Suns 2 <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Write-Minded Podcast talks with Gish Jen <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Otherppl Podcast talks with Shannon McLeaod <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Calls for submission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
New Releases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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