Anthony Otten

Fiction Writer

Covington, KY
Kentucky US
Website: 
www.anthonyotten.com/
Twitter/X: 
@tonyottenwrites

Author's Bio

Anthony Otten lives in Covington, Kentucky and holds an MFA in fiction from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. His writing has appeared in journals such as Hawai‘i Pacific Review, The Jabberwock Review, and The Forge Literary Magazine, and he has been awarded a residency from Dorland Mountain Arts. 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:
Able Muse
,
Columbia Review
,
Dappled Things
,
Dunes Review
,
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
,
Valparaiso Fiction Review
,
Wind Magazine
Prizes won: 

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
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Last update: May 17, 2025