Jocelyn Johnson

Writer

Jocelyn Johnson's essays and fiction have appeared in the Guardian, Guernica, Jane's Stories, Literary Mama, and elsewhere. Her short story 'Control Negro', published at Guernica Magazine, will be featured in The Best American Short Stories 2018, edited by Heidi Pitlor and Roxane Gay. Her short story 'The King of Xandria' placed 1st in Prime Number's 2016 story contest, and was nominated for a Pushcart.‘The Hasselblad’ placed 1st in the Richard Bausch Short Story Contest at Our Stories. She lives, writes, and teaches art to public school children in Charlottesville, Virginia.