Jeremy Stelzner is a writer and teacher based in Maryland. He was born and raised in New York, where he spent much of his time reading and daydreaming about the Mets winning a pennant. 

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Jeremy is a graduate of the creative writing program at the Harvard Extension School, and his fiction has appeared in various literary magazines, including Across the Margin Magazine, After Happy Hour: A Journal of Literature and Art, the Jewish Literary Journal, and the 2024 Coolest American Stories Anthology. His story "The Thin Line" was selected as a runner-up in the 2024 Prime Number Magazine Short Story Competition and his short story collection "Little Gifts" was recently shortlisted for the Forsberg Fiction Prize.

 

Publishing News:

After three long years of edits and wracking my brain about how to write a love story, I finally "stuck the landing" with Nighthawks. This one was awarded an honorable mention in the 94th Annual Writer's Digest Short Story competition and will published with the outstanding folks at the McNeese Review later this year.

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Book Recs:​

Finished "Hamnet" finally- I got into this one because it was highly recommended by my wife and others. I have thoughts- curious how the film adaptation plays out.

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Moving onto "All My Sons" - I'll let you know how it goes

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