Sherrie Flick

Flash Fiction America, Co-edited by Sherrie Flick

Congratulations to Sherrie Flick for co-editing the upcoming flash fiction anthology Flash Fiction America with John Dufresne and James Thomas, published by W. W. Norton & Company. The anthology features 73 stories examining the breadth of the American experience.

Thomas, Flick, and Dufresne’s elegant anthology brims with economical, well-crafted prose…[Flash Fiction America] showcases a multitude of talent.

Publishers Weekly

Literary Cleveland will be showcasing the anthology through its annual, remote Flash Fiction Festival from February 19th to February 25th. Register by February 17th to participate in the festival. The festival will feature workshops offered by authors and editors from Flash Fiction America including Aimee Bender, Venita Blackburn, Desiree Cooper, and John Dufresne.

The anthology will see many in-person readings as well, including a reading panel at the AWP conference hosted in Seattle with Chauan Craig, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terese Svoboda, and Venita Blackburn. Flash Fiction America will be read Friday, March 10th, during the conference’s time at Seattle Convention Center from March 8th to March 10th.

Later, on March 30th, an in-person book and reading will take place at the White Whale bookstore and Bottlerocket Social Hall in Pittsburgh. Those expected to attend include Tyrese Coleman, Bergita Bugarija, Dave Housley, Chauna Craig, Gwen Kirby, Desiree Cooper, and potentially Terese Svoboda.

Finally, back in the west coast, the anthology will be featured at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley, California on May 6th and 7th.

These deeply original stories create a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of experience.

Booklist

Pre-order Flash Fiction America before its February 14th release here. Learn more about Sherrie Flick by visiting her website, connecting with her on twitter @sherrieflick, following her on instagram, and checking out her facebook page. Her nonfiction piece Not Talking About Sage was featured in issue 10.

Contributor Update: Terese Svoboda News

Terese SvobodaWe are excited to share that Terese Svoboda will be reading some new poetry along with Dennis Nurske at Local 138 on February 10, 2017. Terese has several other upcoming events such as The Lives of Others: Biography as Creative Nonfiction panel at AWP on March 10, 2018, and celebrating the paperback of  Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet at Book Culture with Ajay Chaudhary on March 12, 2018. For more information and events with Terese we recommend visiting her events page at teresesvoboda.com.

Terese’s appearance in Superstition Review begins with an interview in issue 5. She has contributed several guest posts, and has been part of our SR Pod/Vod Series, which can be found hereMadonna in the Terminal, a fiction piece by Terese, can be read in issue 7.

Superstition Review at AWP Conference

2010 AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair

April 7-10, 2010
Denver, Colorado
Hyatt Regency Denver & Colorado Convention Center

The Association of Writers and Writing Programs is holding its annual conference this week in Denver, featuring more than 400 events and presentations, including lectures, readings, book signings, panel discussions, and dances. The conference attracts more than 500 publishers and presses and thousands of attendees.

On Saturday, Superstition Review is taking part in a presentation about undergraduate-run literary magazines:

S182. Students who Build Things: The Literary Magazine as Teaching Tool for Undergraduate Students

Saturday, April 10, 1:30-2:45pm
Agate Room, Hyatt Regency Denver, 3rd Floor

(KC Culver, Collette Morris, Karen Craigo, Zach Tarvin, Patricia Murphy, Haley Larson)
We represent three undergraduate programs that have succeeded in establishing undergraduate-run journals. Prairie Margins publishes undergraduate students nationally in print; Superstition Review publishes both new and established writers nationally online; and Mangrove publishes the work of undergraduates at its university both in print and online. The panel will give practical advice on establishing effective leadership, facing budget constraints, submission management, and publishing options.