Best Debut Short Stories 2026

Contributor(s): Storey, Kendall (Editor), Pankova, Elizabeth (Editor)

ISBN: 9781646223657

Publisher: Catapult

Binding Types:

Paperback

$16.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$29.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$28.70 (100+ copies: $27.95)

List/retail price:

$16.95

Pub Date: December 15, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.81 lbs) 256 pages

BISAC Categories:

Fiction | Anthologies multiple authors | Literary

Series: Pen America

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The essential annual guide to the newest voices in literature, selected by Juliet Escoria, Abby Geni, and Chris Stuck

Best Debut Short Stories celebrates the most promising short story writers today. Selected by a panel of distinguished judges, these twelve stories are the 2026 winners of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, which recognizes outstanding debuts published in literary magazines.

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