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Zoetrope: All-Story A quarterly magazine of art and short fiction, founded by Francis Ford Coppola. http://all-story.com

In 1997, Francis Ford Coppola launched Zoetrope: All-Story, a quarterly magazine devoted to the best new short fiction and one-act plays. It has received every major story award, including the National Magazine Award for Fiction, while publishing today's most promising and significant writers: Tommy Orange, Karen Russell, Mary Gaitskill, David Mamet, Ha Jin, Elizabeth McCracken, Yiyun Li, Don DeLi

llo, Andrew Sean Greer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Lena Dunham, Yoko Ogawa, David Means, Susan Straight, Charles D'Ambrosio, David Bezmozgis, Neil Jordan, and Haruki Murakami among them. Zoetrope: All-Story is also an art magazine, as the editors invite a different contemporary artist to illustrate and design each issue. Past guest designers include Jim Jarmusch, Agnes Varda, Nick Cave, William Eggleston, Zaha Hadid, Kara Walker, Julian Schnabel, Wim Wenders, Laurie Anderson, Peter Sellars, Helmut Newton, Kelly Reichardt, David Bowie, Gus Van Sant, Tom Waits, Ed Ruscha, David Byrne, Kiki Smith, Wayne Thiebaud, Chip Kidd, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop, Yves Béhar, and Mike Figgis.

We’re thrilled to offer a not-so-inside tip: get yourselves to Miami to see Summer 2025 guest designer Elsa Hansen Oldha...
04/09/2025

We’re thrilled to offer a not-so-inside tip: get yourselves to Miami to see Summer 2025 guest designer Elsa Hansen Oldham’s solo exhibition at ! Opening today and continuing through November 15, the show includes several new works that landed in our pages—but in all their full-size, in-person glory. Five stars. Highly recommended. (You can thank us later.) And if you still haven’t snagged a copy of Elsa’s issue of All-Story, don’t delay! They’re flying off the shelves, and when they’re gone, they’re gone. 🔗 in bio.

“But not only would that risk university censure—implying an encouragement to my students—it would require me to make my...
03/09/2025

“But not only would that risk university censure—implying an encouragement to my students—it would require me to make myself open to their questions. And then to speak of s*x work’s—yes—abasement, drudgery, though more the latter than the former, the
abasement being the usual kind of the independent contractor.” —Han Ong, “The Past,” Summer 2025
The meet-cutes are ignominious, and the past is on the installment plan in Ong’s piercing tale of a family of Roger Federer acolytes coming together and falling apart, which joins contributions from Jim Shepard, Thomas Pierce, and Sasha Graybosch, and design by Elsa Hansen Oldham that’s reorganizing our histories in more riveting couplings.


✍️September already?! That means there are just FOUR WEEKS to finalize entries to the 29th annual Zoetrope: All-Story Sh...
03/09/2025

✍️September already?! That means there are just FOUR WEEKS to finalize entries to the 29th annual Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Competition! Deadline is October 1. Guest judge is National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner finalist Jamel Brinkley. We award cash prizes to the top three, and the top ten will be considered for representation by leading agencies. Find details and enter at 🔗 in bio. We look forward to reading your work!brinkley

“What he glimpsed to the west through the smoke was something he would have called impossible: giant pillars of roiling ...
29/08/2025

“What he glimpsed to the west through the smoke was something he would have called impossible: giant pillars of roiling black venting fire at their crowns, hundreds of feet in the air, and throwing burning material forward, and a whirlwind rushing at them on the updraft that was tearing trees entirely out of the ground.” —Jim Shepard, “The Devil’s Broom,” Summer 2025
Shepard leads us into the nightmarish heart of a rapacious forest fire—the Big Burn of 1910—which consumed more than 3 million acres of the Inland Northwest and claimed nearly 100 lives. Other contributors to this stellar edition include Han Ong, Thomas Pierce, and Sasha Graybosch, with design by Elsa Hansen Oldham that’s setting our feelings aflame. Pick up a copy via 🔗 in bio, while supplies last!


🎬You asked, we answered: The deadline for the 2025 American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition has been extended to Septemb...
27/08/2025

🎬You asked, we answered: The deadline for the 2025 American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition has been extended to September 17. We recognize that this is a particularly busy time of year for many, and we hope the additional two weeks will provide some breathing room for polishing scripts and completing your entries. Thanks for your interest in sharing your work with us, and best of luck to all entrants. We appreciate the opportunity to read your work!🎬

“I saw a real cat at school once, brought in by a zookeeper for an educational demonstration. We all stood around its ca...
26/08/2025

“I saw a real cat at school once, brought in by a zookeeper for an educational demonstration. We all stood around its cage, cooing and tossing it treats until it threw up. The zookeeper told us this was normal. He fed it a tranquilizer, and we took turns touching the fur on its back. I wanted to compare the memory of that cat’s fur with the actuality of Real-Feel’s, but Mom warned me not to get close or even speak to it, as my attention might interfere with its affinity for Dale, which she’d configured according to the instructions, though it could be swayed.” —Sasha Graybosch, “In Nature,” Summer 2025
Family dynamics and battery-operated pets take center stage in Graybosch’s wry and touching tale, which joins new stories from , , and and eye-popping art from guest designer in the Summer 2025 edition. Snag a copy now, if you haven’t already—quantities are limited, and they’re going fast! Link in bio.


🎬SCREENWRITERS: The 23rd annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition closes to entries Wednesday, September 3. Have ...
20/08/2025

🎬SCREENWRITERS: The 23rd annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition closes to entries Wednesday, September 3. Have you submitted your script? Judge is . Cash prize for the winner. Winning and 9 finalist scripts sent to talent agencies and production companies for consideration. Find details and the 🔗 to enter in bio. And thanks to all entrants for sharing your work with us!

Fun fact: Elsa Hansen Oldham (Summer 2025) and Will Oldham (Spring 2007) are the second married couple to have each gues...
15/08/2025

Fun fact: Elsa Hansen Oldham (Summer 2025) and Will Oldham (Spring 2007) are the second married couple to have each guest-designed an issue of the magazine. The other members of this exclusive club: Lou Reed (Winter 08/09) and Laurie Anderson (Winter 2002). ❤️ Posted • in a marvelous coinciding with her big solo show opening September 4th in Miami at , my wife has provided the design elements for the new volume of new works and old are featured. my mind is blown by the work represented in the magazine and especially by experiencing the work in person. it’s worth a trip to the glorious conflicted space that is our southeasternmost state. if you can’t make it, get a copy of All Story. elsa is on fire, and it’s wildly evident in the new body of work, which is nothing short of a fantastic merging of the human with the elemental.

Fresh off the press and headed to mailboxes across the globe! Please welcome our Summer 2025 edition, guest-designed by ...
12/08/2025

Fresh off the press and headed to mailboxes across the globe! Please welcome our Summer 2025 edition, guest-designed by needle-wielding superstar Elsa Hansen Oldham and containing can’t-put-‘em-down stories from Jim Shepard, Han Ong, Thomas Pierce, and Sasha Graybosch. Preview or purchase the issue at the 🔗 in bio, and be sure to read the 2024 Short Fiction Competition winner, “Nobody Knew When Goose Would Come” by Maggie Mull, published as a special online supplement. Quantities are limited, and you really don’t want to miss this one!

07/08/2025

👀Here’s a peek at our Summer edition rolling off the press. Each issue is a collaboration—among guest designer, editors, contributors, layout designer, and print wizards—fulfilling founder Francis Coppola’s intent that it mirror the collective work of filmmaking. Preorder your issue now to be among the first to receive Elsa Hansen Oldham’s edition, with new fiction from Jim Shepard, Han Ong, Thomas Pierce, and Sasha Graybosch. Quantities are limited, and it’s only in print! 🔗 in bio.
🎥 Charles Gulledge



This beauty is just one of the pieces you’ll find splashed across the pages of the upcoming Summer 2025 edition of All-S...
05/08/2025

This beauty is just one of the pieces you’ll find splashed across the pages of the upcoming Summer 2025 edition of All-Story, guest-designed by the brilliant Elsa Hansen Oldham. Have you preordered yours? Quantities are limited, and you won’t want to miss Elsa’s art alongside barn-burner stories from Jim Shepard, Han Ong, Thomas Pierce, and Sasha Graybosch. 🔗 in bio. Posted •


Mountains of thanks to our dear pals at Perpetual Books for the handsome tote: an ideal lakeside companion, whether haul...
01/08/2025

Mountains of thanks to our dear pals at Perpetual Books for the handsome tote: an ideal lakeside companion, whether hauling lemon cucumbers(!) and berries from the Tahoe City Farmers’ Market, or paperbacks and records from Perpetual’s own shelves. Please do stop in next time you’re through their sunny and windy metropolis. They’re true American heroes.

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