We are excited to announce our featured mentor of the week: Blair Austin! A former correctional librarian, Blair was born in Michigan and attended the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, where the seed novel for Dioramas won a Hopwood Award. Dioramas is his first novel.

A stunning anthology of fierce and dangerous women, featuring stories from Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, and thirteen other award-winning and bestselling authors.

It was our honor to read and review hundreds of submissions from countless talented authors for this year’s Short Story Collection Prize. Though narrowing them down was a nearly impossible task, we’re proud to celebrate these works as the short- and longlist honorees.

Dzanc Books is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize: Zan by Suzi Ehtesham-Zadeh. In addition to publication by Dzanc in Spring 2024, the prize also comes with a $2,500 advance.

September marks the launch of Dzanc’s Creative Writing Mentorship Program–a low-cost opportunity for aspiring writers to learn from our experienced, published authors.

It was our honor to read and review hundreds of submissions from countless talented authors for this year’s Prize for Fiction. Though narrowing them down was a nearly impossible task, we’re proud to honor these works as the Prize for Fiction short- and long-list honorees.

Dzanc Books is pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction: The Banana Wars by Alan Grostephan.