Michael Murphy

Fiction Writer

WINTER PARK, FL
Florida US
Email: 
[email protected]
Website: 
www.oddlogic.com

Author's Bio

Michael Murphy’s fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Notre Dame Review, and La Piccioletta Barca, among others. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee and finalist for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize. Home is currently Florida and formerly London, where Michael wrote an award-winning satirical column for the Hampstead Village Voice.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Bath Flash Fiction Award Anthology (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2026)
,
Transformations - an Oxford Flash Fiction Prize Anthology (Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, 2024)
Journals:
Conjunctions
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FlashFlood
,
La Piccioletta Barca
,
LIT Magazine
,
Magpie Zine
,
MONO.
,
Notre Dame Review
,
Nunum
,
Squawk Back
,
Sunspot Literary Journal
,
Wallstrait
Prizes won: 
  • Longlisted for 2026 Bath Flash Fiction Award
  • Longlisted for 2026 WestWord Prize
  • 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominee
  • Longlisted for 2025 Fractured Lit Anthology Prize
  • Semifinalist for 2025 John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize
  • Semifinalist for 2025 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
  • Finalist for the 2024 Oxford Flash Fiction Prize
  • Longlisted for 2022 Dillydoun Short Story Prize
  • Longlisted for 2021 Cambridge Short Story Prize
  • Longlisted for the 2021 Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction

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Last update: Jul 16, 2026