Alabama Authors Directory

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Garrett Ashley

Hometown: Brookhaven, MS Lives in: Opelika, AL

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  • Email: garrettaldenashley30@gmail.com

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  • Phone: (601) 913-4160
  • Preferred Contact Method: Email, Phone

 

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About Garrett Ashley

Genres: Fiction, Poetry

Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person, Remote

Bio: Garrett Ashley is a native of Mississippi and received a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Writers. He is the author of the story collection Periphylla, and Other Deep Ocean Attractions (Press 53), and the poetry collections Field Guide to North American Trees (Good Printed Things) and Habitats (Loblolly Press). His work has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, The Normal School, Sonora Review, Analog SF&F, DIAGRAM, and Reed Magazine, among other …Read More places. He lives in Opelika, Alabama, teaches creative writing at Tuskegee University, and edits the Tuskegee Review.

Works: Collections include:
Periphylla, and Other Deep Ocean Attractions (Press 53, May 2024);
Field Guide to North American Trees (forthcoming at Good Printed Things, October 2025);
Habitats (forthcoming at Loblolly Press, April 2026);
Fiction published in …Read More Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Normal School, Sonora Review, Apex Magazine, Analog SF&F, DIAGRAM, and Monkeybicycle, among others.

Awards: Press 53 Award for Short Fiction runner-up for My Grandfather Ran Off to the
Woods (retitled Periphylla, and Other Deep Ocean Attractions)
2022 Moon City Short Fiction Award Finalist for the story collection, Before the
Snakes Came
Miranda Merklein …Read More Award for a Graduating Writer, The University of Southern
Mississippi
“Say You Shouldn’t Have Come Here.” Winner, C4W Award in Fiction. Judged
by Nick White
“Say You Shouldn’t Have Come Here.” Fiction Open Honorable Mention,
Glimmer Train March/April

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