Paul Linczak (LIN-chak) was born in Ohio. He holds degrees from the University of Rochester and Syracuse University, and a certificate from the Jagiellonian University. He has spent most of his career in higher-ed administration. His first book, Świnica and Other Stories, won the 2025 Iron Horse Prize and will be published by Texas Tech University Press. His short stories have appeared in The Carolina Quarterly, The Evergreen Review, Fiction International, and elsewhere. He lives in New York City.

PUBLICATIONS

Book

• Świnica and Other Stories, Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2026

(Title is pronounced "shvee-NEE-tsa.")

Short Fiction

• “Republikflucht,” Meridian, Issue 48, 2024, pp. 22-34

(Coby-Dillon English, editor; published at University of Virginia)

• “The Death House,” The Evergreen Review, Spring/Summer 2024, online

(Dale Peck, editor; published by John Oakes)

• “Forgiveness,” Fiction International, Issue 56, 2023, pp. 18-22

(Harold Jaffe, editor; published at San Diego State University)

• “Curtain Velvet,” The Saint Ann’s Review, Spring 2022, online

(Beth Bosworth, editor; published at Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn)

• “Frankenstorm,” The Carolina Quarterly, vol. 65:3, 2016, pp. 32-46

(Lindsay Starck, Moira Marquis, editors; published at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

• “Sailing Solo,” Stone Canoe, Issue 7, 2013, pp. 231-241

(Robert Colley, editor; published at Syracuse University)

Book Review

• "The New Inferno," [On Links by Nuruddin Farah], Salt Hill, Issue 17, 2005, pp. 32-36

(R.E. Peck, editor; published at Syracuse University)

Op-Ed

HONORS

• Iron Horse Prize, Texas Tech University Press, 2025

• Finalist, Courage to Write Grant, The de Groot Foundation, 2023

• Summer Research Fellowship, Syracuse University, 2005

• Cornelia Carhart Ward Fellowship in Fiction, Syracuse University, 2003

• Finalist, Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, 2003

• Meredith Goodman Bernstein Prize for Writing, University of Rochester, 2003

CONTACT

linczakwriter-at-gmail-dot-com