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Stories Out of School is an annual flash-fiction contest created by the Academy for Teachers to honor "the most fascinating, difficult, and important job on the planet."

February 6, 2023

We are pleased to share Charlotte Slivka's essay "March 12" as the 2022 recipient of the Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize.

September 6, 2022 by Charlotte Slivka

Stories Out of School is an annual flash-fiction contest created by the Academy for Teachers to honor "the most fascinating, difficult, and important job on the planet."

January 24, 2022

Anne Elliott on the poetry of Capital by Mark Hage.

September 20, 2021

“What I didn’t know is that you then go on to become part of a vibrant literary community, which meant I had mentors and new friends I could reach out to; in the many lonely hours of revising a book, this meant the world to me.” —Jai Chakrabarti

September 3, 2021

We are pleased to share Valeriya Kipnis's "Little Yellow Pills," the 2021 recipient of the Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize.

July 26, 2021 by Valeriya Kipnis

Get to know the author Paul Lisicky, who will lead us in reading Qiu Miaojin’s Notes of A Crocodile in the July edition of #APStogether.

July 13, 2021

“I really do believe in the power of a drawing to ignite the imagination.” —Annie Coggan

June 10, 2021

"Yours, I think, shall forever be, for me, inextricable from a certain song of snow and wander." —Alexander Booth

June 7, 2021

"Paintings do age, like people, but more slowly. Their meaning ages too." —Anne Elliott

May 20, 2021

"I don’t get fussy about completism—in fact I think I actively want to miss things..." —Elisa Gabbert

May 7, 2021

The Academy for Teachers' Stories Out of School 2021 Flash Fiction Contest Winner, selected by Jonathan Lethem.

March 9, 2021

Cristina Rodriguez is joining A Public Space as Marketing and Sales Director.

February 18, 2021

We are pleased to share an excerpt from Rocky Halpern's "Candy for Dinner in the Desert," the 2019 recipient of the Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize.

February 18, 2020

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 25, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 17, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 11, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 4, 2019

Deborah Treisman to receive the 2019 Deborah Pease Prize from A Public Space

October 7, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

April 8, 2019