K. A. Polzin

Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

K. A. Polzin’s stories have appeared in Subtropics, swamp pink, Gulf Coast, Wigleaf (and elsewhere), and have been anthologized in Best Small Fictions 2023 and the Fractured Lit Anthology 3, and chosen for the 2025 Wigleaf Top 50. Polzin’s short humor has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The American Bystander, and Funny Times.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Best Small Fictions (Alternating Current Press, 2023)
Journals:
Adroit Journal
,
Another Chicago Magazine
,
Apple Valley Review
,
Natural Bridge
,
Bridge Eight Literary Magazine
,
Catamaran Literary Reader
,
Descant
,
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review
,
Event
,
Forge Literary Magazine
,
Greensboro Review
,
Gulf Coast
,
Lunch Ticket
,
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
,
Milk Candy Review
,
MoonPark Review
,
Necessary Fiction
,
Oyster River Pages
,
Pembroke Magazine
,
Porcupine
,
Subtropics
,
swamp pink
,
Wigleaf
,
X-R-A-Y
Prizes won: 

Fractured Lit Anthology Prize, Winner, 2023

More Information

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Last update: Jan 11, 2026