Valparaiso Fiction Review

20/05/2024

ICYMI: We have our Summer 2024 issue out... We have new fiction from Gary Finnegan, Mark Williams, Evan Calbi, Andreea Boboc, Carol Willis, and Heather Rutherford.

21/12/2023

Happy Holidays! We have a new issue out! Winter 2023 features new fiction from Joel Kabot, William O'Reilly, Wess Mongo Jolley, Jacqueline Guidry, Shaun Haurin, Roger Mensink, Sean Maschmann, and J.W.M Morgan.

Founded in the summer of 2011 as a sister publication the Valparaiso Poetry Review (VPR), Valparaiso Fiction Review (VFR) is a publication of Valparaiso University and its Department of English. VFR publishes two issues a year (December and May).

26/05/2023

ICYMI: Our recent issue features stories from Karen George, Z.Z. Boone, Patrick Michael Denny, Thomas Johnson, Parker Desautell, and Doug Ramspeck.

As always, VFR is free to read and all issues, including Summer 2023, can be accessed here:

Founded in the summer of 2011 as a sister publication the Valparaiso Poetry Review (VPR), Valparaiso Fiction Review (VFR) is a publication of Valparaiso University and its Department of English. VFR publishes two issues a year (December and May).

26/05/2023

Our sister publication has a new issue available!

PUBLICATION OF NEW VPR: SPRING/SUMMER 2023

The new issue of VALPARAISO POETRY REVIEW is now available. Publishing since 1999, VPR is one of the nation’s longest running online poetry journals. The Spring/Summer 2023 issue (Vol. XXIV, No. 2), the 48th release, contains works by 33 poets, four book reviews, and an interview of Elaine Sexton about her new collection of poems! All past editions are also available in the VPR archives: https://www.valpo.edu/valparaiso-poetry-review/

19/05/2023

Our new issue is out...

13/03/2023

We did something a little different... we published our first story from our upcoming Summer 2023 issue a little early...

You can read Karen George's "Naked" here: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol12/iss2/1/

The rest of the issue will be out in May, but we thought we'd share a little bit of it early. Enjoy!

By Karen George, Published on 03/13/23

14/12/2022

FYI
The following is a public service announcement that might interest some of our contributors and readers. The Valparaiso University Department of English is seeking candidates for a tenure track Assistant Professor of English in fiction writing with a secondary expertise in poetry writing. This teaching position would begin in August, 2023. It would also involve editorial work with Valparaiso Fiction Review and possibly Valparaiso Poetry Review. The editors of VFR are not part of the search committee. Hiring information and application details are available at https://apply.interfolio.com/118304. Inquiries can be directed to the search chair, Prof. George Potter: [email protected]

05/12/2022

NEW WINTER ISSUE OF VALPARAISO FICTION REVIEW

We are pleased to announce publication of the latest issue of VALPARAISO FICTION REVIEW! The Winter 2022 (Volume 12, Issue 1) release contains more short stories than any previous one, featuring fiction from Z.Z. Boone, Julia Conover, Jeff Gabel, Tom Gartner, John Hazard, Troy Jewell, Ann Mallen, and Jessica L. Martinovic. Readers can find the eight authors’ fine new works, as well as an archive of fiction entries from all past VFR issues, at the following link:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol12/iss1/

10/05/2022

New Summer 2022 issue was published this morning! We have new stories from Susan Neville, Anne-Christine Strugnell, James DeMarse, Bonnie Thompson, CL Bledsoe, and Jane VanCantfort.

Just in time for summer reading goals...

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol11/iss2/
https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/

20/01/2022

ICYMI from our new issue...

Set in the early 1980s, a wife's high-risk pregnancy, troubling world news, and the burgeoning attention of high schoolers all weigh on the protagonist of "The Probabilities of Timing" from our new issue. This story has some wonderful insights about the modern times we find ourselves.

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol11/iss1/3/

By Gary Fincke, Published on 12/12/21

14/01/2022

From our recent issue: Midwestern basketball players, middle-age, nostalgia for the past, and a healthy fandom of Elvis dot the surface of "Heroes" by Augustine Himmel.

Give it a read!
https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol11/iss1/6/

By Augustine Himmel, Published on 12/12/21

12/01/2022

ICYMI: We have a new issue out! Our Winter 2021 issue features new stories from Gary Fincke, Brent Taylor, John Perilli, Augustine Himmel, Beth Meko, P.J. Powell, and David C. Metz. Consider giving it a read soon!

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol11/iss1/

13/12/2021

We have a new issue! Take a look at our Winter 2021 issue when you have a chance. It features new fiction from Gary Fincke, Brent Taylor, John Perilli, Augustine Himmel, Beth Meko, P.J. Powell, and David C. Metz. 🙂

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol11/iss1/

05/06/2021

As the old saying goes...you should be writing...
..and reading our new Summer issue. Obviously.

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/

Founded in the summer of 2011 as a sister publication the Valparaiso Poetry Review (VPR), Valparaiso Fiction Review (VFR) is a publication of Valparaiso University and its Department of English. VFR publishes two issues a year (December and May).

03/06/2021

"A Day in Fujairah" covers topics such as motherhood, aging, memory, travel, Mideast dynamics (specifically the UAE), otherness, and one's purpose. Yeah -- it's a loaded story in the best possible way. Sam Grieve has written a beauty for our new issue.

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol10/iss2/4/

By Sam Grieve, Published on 05/09/21

25/05/2021

Lynn Levin's new story "Mothers and Daughters" is the first story we've seen that conveys the last year's isolation, heartache, and resilience...and you can freely read it here: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol10/iss2/5/

By Lynn Levin, Published on 05/09/21

24/05/2021

Aditya Johri's new story "The Letter" touches on the caste system, politics, friendship, and family honor -- all through the eyes of a young boy trying to make sense of it all. It covers some ground that VFR has never published before and is available in our new issue! Take a look!

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol10/iss2/6/

By Aditya Johri, Published on 05/09/21

14/05/2021

If you have ever worked as a waiter, you could probably empathize with M. Shaw's newest story, "Objects at Rest." A coin purse made of kangaroo, a customer from hell (or maybe purgatory), and looming sense of inescapable failure are woven together in this story, which closes our most recent issue.

You can read it here: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol10/iss2/8/

By M. Shaw, Published on 05/09/21

11/05/2021

Teresa Milbrodt's second story in VFR is "Playing Patient" -- a story about family trauma, personal disillusionment with a dash of existentialism, and initially being a pain-in-the-ass toward doctors...but in a constructive way. It leads off our newest issue.

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/vol10/iss2/3/

By Teresa Milbrodt, Published on 05/09/21

11/05/2021

So about 10 years ago this week, we opened up submissions for our first issue. 10 years!

10/05/2021

We have a new issue! The Summer 2021 issue is here, just in time for all your summer reading needs. Inside, you will find new stories from Teresa Milbrodt, Sam Grieve, Lynn Levin, Aditya Johri, Tanya E. E. E. Schmid, and M. Shaw. Thanks to our editorial staff for working through an especially tough year!

https://scholar.valpo.edu/vfr/

Founded in the summer of 2011 as a sister publication the Valparaiso Poetry Review (VPR), Valparaiso Fiction Review (VFR) is a publication of Valparaiso University and its Department of English. VFR publishes two issues a year (December and May).