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Deborah Pease Prize in New York City, writers' retreat, workshop on drawing stories, Boston Book Festival, and more

October 5, 2026

September 8, 2026

Preview of fall titles from A Public Space Books, 2026 BOMB Small Press Flea, master classes on vivid opening scenes and building great sentences, the Weekend Writers' Retreat, and more.

August 3, 2026

It is a thrill to announce Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the novel The Book of Love, as the recipient of the 2026 Deborah Pease Prize from A Public Space.

July 8, 2026 by A Public Space

Mahreen Sohail is a finalist for the CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Open reading period. Workshops on cosmological translation. And more.

June 8, 2026

No. 33. The Weekend Writers' Retreat. APS contributing editor Yiyun Li wins the Pulitzer Prize. And more.

May 27, 2026

Riding past the scene, I saw a bloodstain running down the concrete stairs that led to the entrance. Someone had been killed.

April 14, 2026

“With sharp and striking prose, Small Scale Sinners performs the magical feat of encompassing every aspect of humanity.”

April 6, 2026 by Mahreen Sohail

November 13, 2025

We are delighted to announce Ed Park, author of the novels Same Bed Different Dreams, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Personal Days and the story collection An Oral History of Atlantis, as the recipient of the 2025 Deborah Pease Prize from A Public Space.

August 14, 2025 by A Public Space

July 3, 2025

April 7, 2025

Stories Out of School is an annual flash-fiction contest created by the Academy for Teachers to honor "the most fascinating, difficult, and important job on the planet."

January 6, 2025

July 1, 2024

July 1, 2024

We are pleased to share Tom Taylor's essay "The Tree Trimmer" as the 2024 recipient of the Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize.

April 23, 2024 by Tom Taylor

Stories Out of School is an annual flash-fiction contest created by the Academy for Teachers to honor "the most fascinating, difficult, and important job on the planet."

February 5, 2024

December 9, 2023 by Ada Zhang

We are pleased to share Fletcher Huntley's essay "Why Have You Forsaken Me?" as the 2023 recipient of the Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize.

May 1, 2023 by Fletcher Huntley

Stories Out of School is an annual flash-fiction contest created by the Academy for Teachers to honor "the most fascinating, difficult, and important job on the planet."

February 6, 2023