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September 18, 2024

We're pleased to announce the 2024 A Public Space Writing Fellows.

July 1, 2024

July 1, 2024

July 1, 2024

The 2024 A Public Space Editorial Fellows are Louis Harnett O’Meara and Maurice Rodriguez.

June 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

We are pleased to announce that applications will open on March 1, 2024, for the 2024 A Public Space Writing Fellowships.

February 29, 2024

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

"Once I thought that one could only write about things one adequately understood. But I do not wish to submit myself entirely to this assumption, as it becomes a definite way to silence myself. Why not give myself permission, instead?"

December 22, 2023 by Ruby Wang

As much as I like the element of withholding, I realized if I wanted to do this story proper service, I had to lift the veil off my protagonist’s limited view and invite other voices.... The story does the dictation.

December 15, 2023 byLydia Mathis

December 9, 2023 by Ada Zhang

December 8, 2023

In connection with the Editorial Fellowship program at A Public Space, we are pleased to announce an open call for a special portfolio in the magazine to be edited by Lydia Mathis.

July 5, 2023

We're pleased to announce the 2023 A Public Space Writing Fellows.

June 1, 2023

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

The 2023 A Public Space Editorial Fellow is Lydia Mathis.

March 6, 2023

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

We are pleased to announce that applications will open on March 1, 2023, for the 2023 A Public Space Writing Fellowships.

January 26, 2023

December 1, 2022

A conversation on the art of the editorial dialogue, part of the 2022 Brooklyn Book Festival.

November 29, 2022 by Megan Cummins