January 1, 2017
Butter
2016 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest Winner I’d left love behind in West Philly. My job then was baking bread for a brewpub every day before it opened for […]
January 1, 2017
The Babymoon
2016 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest Runner-up “We’re inundated with chai,” Ana said. Shruti had just walked through the door of their hotel room with two cups of the […]
January 1, 2017
Dance of the Old Century
2016 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest Runner-up He grew a beard some years into the new century, after beards came into fashion among young men but before they went […]
January 1, 2017
Short Fiction Prize Introduction
How do the editors select exceptional fiction? Once a year, before we open the Short Fiction Contest, we meet with our Kenyon Review associates. You can’t teach what makes a […]