Robert Vaughan

Fiction Writer

Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin US
Email: 
rguyvaugh5003@gmail.com
Website: 
robert-vaughan.com

Author's Bio

Robert Vaughan is the Editor-in-Chief at Bending Genres. They have an online journal, lead monthly online weekend workshops, and host annual writing retreats. His prose and poetry is published in over 600 literary journals such as BlazeVOX, Nervous Breakdown, NYTBR, LABR and Necessary Fiction. His books are Microtones, (Cervena Barva Press); Diptychs + Triptychs + Lipsticks + Dipshits (Deadly Chaps); Addicts & Basements (Civil Coping Mechanisms); RIFT, a collaboration with Kathy Fish(Unknown Press), Funhouse (Unknown Press) and Askew (Cowboy Jamboree).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Stripped (philadelphia stories, 2014)
,
Flash Fiction Funny (Blue Light Press, 2013)
Books:
RIFT (Unknown Press, 2016)
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Addicts & Basements (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2014)
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Excess Anthology (Unknown Press, 2014)
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Diptychs + Triptychs + Lipsticks + Dipshits (Deadly Chaps, 2013)
,
Microtones (Cervena Barva Press, 2013)
Journals:
50 to 1
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BlazeVOX
,
Blue Lotus Review
,
Connotation Press
,
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review
,
Elimae
,
Eunoia Review
,
Everyday Genius
,
Literary Orphans
,
Lost In Thought
,
Marco Polo Arts Mag
,
Metazen
,
Midway Journal
,
Midwestern Gothic
,
NAP
,
Necessary Fiction
,
Red Lightbulbs
,
Revolution John
,
Short, Fast and Deadly
,
The Miscreant
,
theNewerYork
,
Thrice Fiction
,
Used Furniture Review
,
Wilderness House Literary Review
,
Wisconsin People & Ideas
,
Yes, Poetry
Prizes won: 

Runner-up in the 2012 Micro-Fiction Prize. http://www.microaward.org/2012. He was a finalist in the Gertrude Stein Award for Fiction 2013 and 2014, held by Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review. His short fiction, "A Box," was included in Best Small Fictions, 2016. His short fiction, "Six Glimpses of the Uncouth" was included in Best Small Fictions, 2019. His piece, "Time for Dessert" was selected for Best Microfictions, 2019 (W.W. Norton). 

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
in the shelter by Padraig O'Tuama, Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong, Get Bent Anthology by Robert Vaughan, Pine by Julia Koets, The Collected Stories by Grace Paley

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Rochester
Raised in: 
Rochester, NY
New York
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Last update: Mar 14, 2023