Andrew Porter
@andrewporter01.bsky.social
Author of THE DISAPPEARED (Knopf), THE THEORY OF LIGHT AND MATTER (Vintage), IN BETWEEN DAYS (Knopf), and THE IMAGINED LIFE (Knopf, forthcoming 2025) CW Prof.
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Andrew Porter
@andrewporter01.bsky.social
· Dec 11
So excited to have galleys of my forthcoming novel, THE IMAGINED LIFE (out 4/15/25)! If you’re interested in pre-ordering it (and pre-orders are always a big help!), the link is in the replies. ✨
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Only 5 more days until @andrewporter01.bsky.social's Literary Masters Lecture Series! Only a few spots left. Sign up today! Prices start at $63. bit.ly/4qzPHTs
February 11, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Extremely honored to be lonlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize!
Congratulations to Andrew Porter, author of The Imagined Life, published by Knopf, on being named to the 2026 Longlist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. #jcoprize #newliteraryproject @andrew.porter.writer @aaknopf Photo credit: Sarah E. Cooper
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Extremely honored to be lonlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize!
Thank you, Eric! 🙂
Reading THE DISAPPEARED by @andrewporter01.bsky.social was like sitting on the back patio with on old friend on a balmy summer evening, sharing a bottle of wine and catching up, talking about the small things, that are the big things, that are everything.
10 out of 10! No skips! ✨
10 out of 10! No skips! ✨
February 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Thank you, Eric! 🙂
I had a blast doing this Writer’s Desk interview with Gemini Ink. You can read the full interview on their website. Also, If you’re interested, I will be offering a two-part Zoom lecture with Gemini Ink in February. Details at this link: geminiink.org/the-writers-...
The Writer’s Desk with Andrew Porter - Gemini Ink
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January 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I had a blast doing this Writer’s Desk interview with Gemini Ink. You can read the full interview on their website. Also, If you’re interested, I will be offering a two-part Zoom lecture with Gemini Ink in February. Details at this link: geminiink.org/the-writers-...
Thank you to Ron Spatz and Alaska Quarterly Review for inviting me to read my short story “Mennonites” (originally published in AQR) as part of the Alaska Quarterly Review “ Pièces de Résistance” Reading Series. You can listen to the entire story at this link: m.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZJ...
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Thank you to Ron Spatz and Alaska Quarterly Review for inviting me to read my short story “Mennonites” (originally published in AQR) as part of the Alaska Quarterly Review “ Pièces de Résistance” Reading Series. You can listen to the entire story at this link: m.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZJ...
Excited to be be giving a craft lecture on setting and atmosphere as part of @geminiink.bsky.social’s Literary Masters Series this spring. If you’re interested in registering, you can find more info on Gemini Ink’s website: Geminiink.org.
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Excited to be be giving a craft lecture on setting and atmosphere as part of @geminiink.bsky.social’s Literary Masters Series this spring. If you’re interested in registering, you can find more info on Gemini Ink’s website: Geminiink.org.
Excited and honored to be the 2026 Fiction judge for the Best of the Net Anthology! ✨
Announcing our 2026 Fiction judge for the Best of the Net Anthology: @andrewporter01.bsky.social
Check out all our judges at bestofthenetanthology.com/2026-judges/
Check out all our judges at bestofthenetanthology.com/2026-judges/
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Excited and honored to be the 2026 Fiction judge for the Best of the Net Anthology! ✨
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Announcing our 2026 Fiction judge for the Best of the Net Anthology: @andrewporter01.bsky.social
Check out all our judges at bestofthenetanthology.com/2026-judges/
Check out all our judges at bestofthenetanthology.com/2026-judges/
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Announcing our 2026 Fiction judge for the Best of the Net Anthology: @andrewporter01.bsky.social
Check out all our judges at bestofthenetanthology.com/2026-judges/
Check out all our judges at bestofthenetanthology.com/2026-judges/
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Spent my morning drinking coffee, reading the @andrewporter01.bsky.social story in this year's BASS, and writing the intro for then publishing this @livesinpages.bsky.social story.
Pretty great start to the day! (Now I gotta spend the rest of it prepping for tomorrow's first day of the semester...)
Pretty great start to the day! (Now I gotta spend the rest of it prepping for tomorrow's first day of the semester...)
It was a 2025 goal of mine to send new work to @aaronburch.bsky.social for Short Story, Long and I'm so happy he liked "Home is a Relative Term" enough to give it a, well, home!
It's a story of suburban existentialism, queer panic, and a desire for connection.
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It's a story of suburban existentialism, queer panic, and a desire for connection.
open.substack.com/pub/ashortst...
“Home is a Relative Term” by Christopher Gonzalez
"The thing about going home again is that you really do become the person you were when you were last permanently there. I was eighteen when I left for college, a month shy of turning nineteen..."
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January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Spent my morning drinking coffee, reading the @andrewporter01.bsky.social story in this year's BASS, and writing the intro for then publishing this @livesinpages.bsky.social story.
Pretty great start to the day! (Now I gotta spend the rest of it prepping for tomorrow's first day of the semester...)
Pretty great start to the day! (Now I gotta spend the rest of it prepping for tomorrow's first day of the semester...)
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Best of 2025: Andrew Porter
Episode 711: Andrew Porter — Writer's Bone
Author Andrew Porter joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his latest novel The Imagined Life.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Best of 2025: Andrew Porter
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a beautiful and haunting story about friendship, art, and the muddle of one's life in their 20s. This story, I think, serves as a kind of coda to @andrewporter01.bsky.social collection "The Disappeared." The story here is available to read online thru 12/21 www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
Vigil - The Cincinnati Review
I remember feeling a restlessness in my twenties and moving quite often, not always to different cities or parts of the country, sometimes just to
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December 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
a beautiful and haunting story about friendship, art, and the muddle of one's life in their 20s. This story, I think, serves as a kind of coda to @andrewporter01.bsky.social collection "The Disappeared." The story here is available to read online thru 12/21 www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
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Absolutely love this story by @andrewporter01.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social 👇🏽
Excited to have a new story (“Vigil”) in the latest issue of @cincinnatireview.bsky.social! It’s free on their site through Sunday!
www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
Vigil - The Cincinnati Review
I remember feeling a restlessness in my twenties and moving quite often, not always to different cities or parts of the country, sometimes just to
www.cincinnatireview.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Absolutely love this story by @andrewporter01.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social 👇🏽
Excited to have a new story (“Vigil”) in the latest issue of @cincinnatireview.bsky.social! It’s free on their site through Sunday!
www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
Vigil - The Cincinnati Review
I remember feeling a restlessness in my twenties and moving quite often, not always to different cities or parts of the country, sometimes just to
www.cincinnatireview.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Excited to have a new story (“Vigil”) in the latest issue of @cincinnatireview.bsky.social! It’s free on their site through Sunday!
www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
www.cincinnatireview.com/articles/vig...
So thrilled to see my novel The Imagined Life selected as one of Esquire’s “Best Books of 2025!”
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www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
The 35 Best Books of 2025
Whether you’re looking for a compelling nonfiction mystery, a charming fantasy escape, or a suspenseful science fiction thriller, this year's literary slate has something for everyone.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So thrilled to see my novel The Imagined Life selected as one of Esquire’s “Best Books of 2025!”
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Thank you so much, @ericscottryon.bsky.social!
📚Top 5 of 2025📚
My favorite books I read this year….
My favorite books I read this year….
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thank you so much, @ericscottryon.bsky.social!
Congratulations to Anju Sharma and the other finalists! This was a delight to judge!
We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Larry Brown Short Story Contest Results! Judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the winners:
1st: Anju Sharma
2nd: MC Schmidt
3rd: Cathy Adams
4th: Lyndsay Hall
5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)
Congratulations to all the winners:
1st: Anju Sharma
2nd: MC Schmidt
3rd: Cathy Adams
4th: Lyndsay Hall
5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Congratulations to Anju Sharma and the other finalists! This was a delight to judge!
Extremely honored to be longlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize! And especially honored to be included among this stunning group of authors!
www.newliteraryproject.org/whats-new/20...
www.newliteraryproject.org/whats-new/20...
2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist Announced — New Literary Project
December 4, 2025 OAKLAND, CA— Twenty-eight authors have been longlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize by New Literary Project (NewLit). The annual $50,000 award honors a mid-career author o...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Extremely honored to be longlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize! And especially honored to be included among this stunning group of authors!
www.newliteraryproject.org/whats-new/20...
www.newliteraryproject.org/whats-new/20...
A huge thank you to The New Yorker for including The Imagined Life among The Best Books of 2025! ❤️
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A huge thank you to The New Yorker for including The Imagined Life among The Best Books of 2025! ❤️
Honored to see The Imagined Life on NPR’s “Books We Love “ list for 2025! And grateful to NPR book critic Michael Schaub for these very kind words about the novel!
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Honored to see The Imagined Life on NPR’s “Books We Love “ list for 2025! And grateful to NPR book critic Michael Schaub for these very kind words about the novel!
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My little big Texas book tour for I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES is done. Austin/San Antonio - yay! Big thanks to @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social and Bookwoman, @ramoreeves.bsky.social for organizing it all, and @andrewporter01.bsky.social for reading with me. 💜 🐻 @autumnhousepress.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My little big Texas book tour for I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES is done. Austin/San Antonio - yay! Big thanks to @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social and Bookwoman, @ramoreeves.bsky.social for organizing it all, and @andrewporter01.bsky.social for reading with me. 💜 🐻 @autumnhousepress.bsky.social
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@andrewporter01.bsky.social Just finished The Imagined Life and loved it. You captured that era in California perfectly. Thank you for telling such a wonderful story.
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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San Antonio! I’ll be reading with the amazing @sherrieflick.bsky.social at @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social on Saturday (6 PM)! We’d love to see you!
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
San Antonio! I’ll be reading with the amazing @sherrieflick.bsky.social at @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social on Saturday (6 PM)! We’d love to see you!
Thank you so much, @willmusgrove.bsky.social! 🙂🙏
Sundays are for reading books by @andrewporter01.bsky.social 💙
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thank you so much, @willmusgrove.bsky.social! 🙂🙏
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Sundays are for reading books by @andrewporter01.bsky.social 💙
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sundays are for reading books by @andrewporter01.bsky.social 💙
Last day to submit!! ⬇️
Hello dear writers! Today is the last day to submit to our annual short story contest (submissions close at midnight EST). We can't wait to read your work with this year's judge
@andrewporter01.bsky.social!
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@andrewporter01.bsky.social!
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The Larry Brown Short Story Award
We’re pleased to announce the tenth annual Larry Brown Short Story Award. The winners will receive the following prizes: 1st $500 USD, 2nd $50 USD, 3rd $50 USD, and 4th and 5th will receive a…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Last day to submit!! ⬇️