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Robert Vaughan [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin US
Email: 
rguyvaugh5003@gmail.com
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).

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Rochester
Raised in: 
Rochester, NY
New York
Website: 
https://robert-vaughan.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Runner-up in the 2012 Micro-Fiction Prize. http://www.microaward.org/2012 [3]. 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). 

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
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/robert_vaughan

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/robert_vaughan [2] https://robert-vaughan.com [3] http://www.microaward.org/2012