Blog — Best American Short Stories

Overhead view of a stack of prize-winning short story anthologies on a gray surface, with one open volume showing pencil marginalia and a navy ribbon bookmark, reading glasses and a closed writer's notebook beside the books.

How to Read Prize-Winning Short Stories Like a Writer: A Craft-First Guide to Anthologies

There is a version of reading short stories that most writers fall into without quite noticing. You pick up the...

by Byron Turner

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Meet our Instructors:

The Art of Saying More with Less: Lizzie Lawson on Flash Nonfiction

The Art of Saying More with Less: Lizzie Lawson on Flash Nonfiction

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Writing the Past Responsibly: Tamara J. Walker and Leah Redmond Chang on the Ethics of Historical Storytelling

Writing the Past Responsibly: Tamara J. Walker and Leah Redmond Chang on the Ethics of Historical Storytelling

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Meet the Teaching Artist: The Haunting of Grief in Poetry with Saúl Hernández

Meet the Teaching Artist: The Haunting of Grief in Poetry with Saúl Hernández

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The Art of the Propulsive Page-Turner: An Interview with Debra Jo Immergut

The Art of the Propulsive Page-Turner: An Interview with Debra Jo Immergut

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Student Publication News:

Celebrating Caelyn Cobb's Publication in Short Story, Long

Celebrating Caelyn Cobb's Publication in Short Story, Long

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A Good Find Indeed: Brigid Duffy Sells Debut Novel to Sourcebooks Landmark

A Good Find Indeed: Brigid Duffy Sells Debut Novel to Sourcebooks Landmark

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