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Read the Winners of <em>American Short Fiction’</em>s 2026 Insider Prize

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2026 Insider Prize

Selected by Elizabeth McCracken

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2026

“50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know”

“50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know”

Ken Liu

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 9, 2026

“How to be a Black Author”

“How to be a Black Author”

Megan Giddings

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 8, 2026

“Dogs in Guatemala”

“Dogs in Guatemala”

Patricia Grace King

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 3, 2026

“Copernicus Is Dying”

“Copernicus Is Dying”

Emily Doyle

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 27, 2026

“Wild Light”

“Wild Light”

Sarah Gerkensmeyer

By Lit Hub Daily | July 20, 2026

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“July Sun”

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 30, 2026

“The Thing About You”

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 24, 2026

“Authority”

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 12, 2026

“A Table for Six”

“A Table for Six”

Son Bo-mi (trans. Janet Hong)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 11, 2026

“The Shorthand of Emotion”

“The Shorthand of Emotion”

Alex DiFrancesco

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 4, 2026

“Stick Season”

“Stick Season”

Jenny Xie

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 14, 2026

“This Time and the Next”

“This Time and the Next”

Noel Quiñones

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 14, 2026

“Waiting, a Quintet”

“Waiting, a Quintet”

Kimberly Blaeser

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 14, 2026

“That’s What I Did”

“That’s What I Did”

Lara Pawson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 6, 2026

“Wedding Dresses”

“Wedding Dresses”

Louise Erdrich

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 26, 2026

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