Subraj Singh
Subraj Singh
PhD English and Creative Writing (Fiction), University of Missouri, in progress
MFA Creative Writing (Fiction), University of Maryland
BA English (Literature), University of Guyana
Areas of Study:
- Creative Writing
Subraj Singh (he/him) is a fiction writer from Guyana. His work often focuses on folklore, sexuality, and the postcolonial experience.
University of Maryland’s Katharine Anne Porter Fiction Prize, 2024
Chautauqua Janus Prize (Finalist), 2024
Workshop Fellowship Award, Key West Literary Seminar, 2024
Lambda Literary Retreat Fellow, 2023
Tin House Summer Workshop Scholar, 2023
Clarion West, Recipient of the Elliott Alexander Memorial Scholarship, 2022
Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (Shortlist), 2019
Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Journalism Fellow, 2018
Honorary Fellow in Writing, University of Iowa, 2017
Resident, International Writing Program, University of Iowa, 2017
“In the Shape of a Man Whose Feet Face Backwards,” Gulf Coast (forthcoming 2024)
“Ship Sister,” New England Review, 2023
“All That Hunger, All That Thirst” (Pushcart Prize Nominee), AGNI, 2023
“Serpentarium,” Southern Humanities Review, 2023
“Devil in the Village,” Columbia Journal, 2023
“The Bridge,” ImageOut Write, 2018
“The Creek,” A World of Prose for CSEC, 2017
“Shame” The Arts Journal, 2016