Anthony Otten

Fiction Writer

Covington, KY

Kentucky US

Website:

www.anthonyotten.com/

Author's Bio

Anthony Otten lives in Covington, Kentucky and holds an MFA in fiction from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. His stories have appeared most recently in StoryQuarterly and Hawai‘i Pacific Review, and he is the recipient of residencies from Monson Arts and the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities. He is working on a novel based on his hometown’s history with organized crime. Find him @tonyottenwrites on Instagram and at anthonyotten.com.

Education:

Warren Wilson College MFA

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

Forge Literary Magazine

Front Porch Review

Grasslimb: A Journal of Art and Literature

Hawai'i Pacific Review

Jabberwock Review

Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel

Rusty Nail

Short Story America

Still

StoryQuarterly

Valparaiso Fiction Review

Wind Magazine

Prizes won:

Runner-Up, StoryQuarterly Fiction Prize, "Image & Likeness" - 2025
Still: The Journal Fiction Contest First Prize, "Rivertown" - 2019
Able Muse Write Prize for Fiction, "The Vigil" - 2018

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Ernest J. Gaines, Yiyun Li, Hilary Mantel, Cormac McCarthy, Carson McCullers, Toni Morrison, Flannery O'Connor

What I'm reading now:

Childhood and Other Neighborhoods by Stuart Dybek

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Fluent in:

English

Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the listed writers or their representatives.

Last update: Mar 29, 2026