Matthew Torralba Andrews (he/him/his) is a writer and editor based in northern Arizona. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Apogee, Bellingham Review, Sonora Review, South Carolina Review, and elsewhere. He has received support from the Tin House Writers Workshop and the Community of Writers Fiction Workshop. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University and serves as an Assistant Editor at River Styx Magazine.
SELECT FICTION PUBLICATIONS
“Forest of Stone.” Sonora Review. Forthcoming 2024.
“The Shore.” Apogee. Spring 2024. Online.
“Manila, Arizona.” Bellingham Review. Winter 2024. Online.
“Smoke.” Bellingham Review. Winter 2024. Online.
“To Make Him Happy.” South Carolina Review. Fall 2023. Print.
“Zac.” BULL Magazine. Spring 2023. Online.
“Speak Low.” Cotton Xenomorph. Summer 2021. Online.
SELECT HONORS & JURIED WORKSHOPS
Shortlist, The Masters Review Small Fiction Award (Microfiction), 2023
Finalist, Arkansas International Emerging Writer’s Prize in Fiction, 2022
Participant, Tin House Autumn Workshop (Short Fiction), 2022
Participant, Community of Writers in Olympic Valley Writers Workshop (Short Fiction), 2020
Recipient, Florence & Earl Stewart Creative Writing Scholarship, Eastern Washington University, 2019-2020
SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Editor, River Styx Magazine, 2024-Present
Creative Nonfiction Reader, River Styx Magazine, 2023-2024
Writing Tutor and Workshop Coordinator, Eastern Washington University Writers’ Center, 2019-2021
Fiction Editorial Assistant, Willow Springs Magazine, 2019-2021
Managing Editor, Forum Magazine, 2019
Fiction Editor, Forum Magazine, 2018
Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park, 2023 (Photo by Matthew Torralba Andrews)