Chad Broughman

Chad V. Broughman was the recipient of the Rusty Scythe Prize Book award in 2016 and in 2017 was awarded the Adobe Cottage Writers Retreat honor in New Mexico. Most recently, Chad was awarded a chapbook contract for his collection of short stories, “the forsaken,” which was published by Etchings Press and was one of three winners in the “First Chapter” contest, hosted by Arch Street Press. As well, his fiction can be found in several reviews and journals nationwide––such as Carrier Pigeon, East Coast Literary Review, River Poets Journal, Burningword, Faith, Hope & Fiction and Sky Island Journal. Currently, Chad is the “Readers’ Choice Winner” for the Write Michigan Short Story Anthology and featured on Darling Axe while forthcoming in the On Loss Anthology. He holds an MFA from Spalding University, served as co-editor for the fiction/poetry blog, Café Aphra, based out of the United Kingdom, and teaches English and Creative Writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels. Chad is a husband and the proud father of two rambunctious young sons.