Steve Potter’s fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, The Drift, and Narrative Magazine; his stories have also been nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and named a Notable Story in Best American Short Stories. His feature essays, reviews, and reporting have appeared in Adirondack Life, Ascent, Climbing Magazine, Outside Magazine, and elsewhere. 

 

Steve is an independent editor whose clients include Patagonia Books, Phaedon Press, and Summit Journal; he formerly served as Climbing’s digital editor. He received an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from New York University, where he was a two-year Starworks Fellow. He was also a recipient of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency. 

 

Originally from New England, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, Emma Hine. He is currently working on a novel.