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About EG

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E.G. Silverman's short story collection Your Only Best Hope will be published by High Frequency Press on August 11, 2026. 


His short story collections have been finalists, semi-finalists, or long-listed for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, Ohio State University's Non/Fiction Collection Prize, Snake Nation Press's Serena McDonald Kennedy Award,  Livingston Press's Tartts First Fiction Award (The University of West Alabama), and  Regal House Publishing's W.S. Porter Prize. His novels have been finalists for Black Lawrence Press's Big Moose Prize, Columbus State University's D.L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence, and Callisto Gaia Press's Joshua Tree Novel Prize, and a semi-finalist for the Blue Mountain Novel Award.  His short stories and novel excerpts have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Confrontation, Beloit Fiction Journal, South Dakota Review, Harpur Palate, 2 Bridges Review, Fugue, Berkeley Fiction Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, and many other literary magazines.  He’s studied with Brian Morton, Sheila Kohler, Carol DeChellis Hill,  Jonathan Baumbach, Elizabeth Hand, and others.

Short Stories by E.G. Silverman


46. Painted Bride Quarterly, Drexel University, Issue 108,      

       2025: "Mine in Return"

45. The Main Street Rag, Mint Hill, NC, Vol. 29, No. 3, Summer   

       2024: "Judge Healy's Halloween"

44. The Green Hills Literary Lantern, Truman State University, Vol. 

       35, 2024: "Leaving or Left Behind"

43. Two Thirds North, Stockholm University, 2024: "Annie McNair"

42. Prairie Schooner, University of Nebraska, Vol. 97, No. 1,     

      Spring 2023: "Loss List"

41. Confrontation, Long Island University, Issue Number 124, Spring

      2020: "Your Only Best Hope"

40. The Boom Project: Prose and Poetry of the Baby Boom Generation, 

       Butler Books, August 2019: "Bagel Macher" 

39. Red Earth Review, Oklahoma City University, No.4,  

      July 2016: “Moosehead Lake”

38. Cold Mountain Review, Appalachian State 

       University, Spring 2015: Depositions”

37. Limestone Journal, University of 

      Kentucky, Spring 2015: “Anthropology”

36. The Worcester Review, Worcester County Poetry Association,Vol. 

       XXXV, 2014: “Four Leads”

35. WIPsjournal, (http://www.wipsjournal.com/?p=1503), Nov. 2013: 

       “Be My Own Father”

34. Bryant Literary Review, Bryant University, Vol. 14, 

      2013: “After Harry’s Suicide”

33. 2 Bridges Review, New York City College of Technology, CUNY, 

      Vol. 2, Fall 2012:“Tabatha”

32. Reunion: The Dallas Review, University of Texas at Dallas, 

      Vol. 2, 2012: “Progenitor”

31. The G.W. Review, George Washington University, Vol. XXXII, Spring 

      2011: “A Fool’s Game”

30. South Dakota Review, University of South Dakota, Vol. 48 No.1, 

      Spring 2010: “Foghorn Bay”

29. Harpur Palate, Binghamton University, Vol. 10 Issue 1, 

      Summer 2010: “Select All”

28. Berkeley Fiction Review, University of California, Berkeley, 

      Issue 30, 2010: “Suite”

27. Talking River, Lewis-Clark State College, Issue 24, 

      Spring 2009: “Solitary Confinement”

26. Lullwater Review, Emory University, Vol. XVII No. 2, Fall 2007: “Put 

      Her in Her Place”

25. Pointed Circle, Portland Community College, Spring 2005: “Nunino’s”

24. The North Atlantic Review, Stony Brook, NY, No. 

       16, 2005:“Shut Windows”

23. Phantasmagoria, Century College, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2005: “A Pearl 

      in a Toilet Seat”

22. Beloit Fiction Journal, Beloit College, Vol. 17, 

       Spring 2004: “Gun Show”

21. Spindrift, Shoreline Community College, Spring 2004: “Knows Love”

20. Blueline, State University of New York at Potsdam, Vol. 

       XXV, Spring 2004: “Delivery”

19. Thought Magazine, Burlingame, CA, No. 6, 2004: “Works Out 

       for Everybody, You See?”

18. Fugue, University of Idaho, Vol. 26, Winter 2003-2004: “Entropy”

17. RE:AL, Stephen F. Austin State University, Vol. XXVIII No. 

      2, Fall 2003: “Excelsior”

16. Eureka Literary Magazine, Eureka College, Vol. 12 No. 

      1, Fall 2003: “Crush”

15. The Distillery, Motlow State Community College, Vol. 10 No. 

      1, July 2003: “Propinquity”

14. Sanskrit, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 

       2003: “The Mailbox Maker”

13. Pangolin Papers, Nordland, WA, Vol. 9 No. 3, Spring 

      2003: “An Old Dodge”

12. The Iconoclast, Mohegan Lake, NY, No. 75, November 2002: “Quality”

11. The Nassau Review, Nassau Community College, Vol. 8 No. 3, 

      Fall 2002: “Wedding Night”

10. Baybury Review, Highwood, IL, Vol. 6, 

      Summer 2002: “Temporary Help”

9. Sulphur River Literary Review, Austin TX, Vol. 18 No. 1, Spring 2002: 

    “A Man of Thought”

8. Aethlon, East Tennessee State University, Vol. 18 No. 2, Spring 

     2001: “Become A Man”

7. Rag Mag, Goodhue, MN, Vol. 17 No. 1 & 2, Summer 

     2001: “A Caribbean Cruise”

6. Wisconsin Review, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Vol. 35 No. 

     1, Fall 2000: “R R XING”

5. Pangolin Papers, Nordland, WA, Vol. 7 No. 2, 

    Winter 2000: “Bagel Macher”

4. Maryland Review, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 

    No.12, 2000: “Yellow Jackets”

3. The Iconoclast, Mohegan Lake, NY, No. 56, September 1999: “Victory”

2. Pangolin Papers, Nordland, WA, Vol. 6 No. 1, Summer 1999: “Dinner 

     is at Five-Thirty”

1. Satire, Hancock, MD, Vol. 5 No. 1, Summer 1998: “Resignation”

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