Chad V. Broughman
Biography
Chad V. Broughman was the recipient of the Rusty Scythe Prize Book award and the Adobe Cottage Writers Retreat honor in New Mexico. As well, Chad was awarded two chapbook contracts for his short story collections––“the forsaken” and “slighted”––both published by Etchings Press. His fiction can be found in journals worldwide, such as Carrier Pigeon, East Coast Literary Review, River Poets Journal, Burningword, Pulp Fiction, Sky Island Journal, and From Whispers to Roars. Additionally, he is anthologized in Write Michigan Short Story Anthology, On Loss, and Scribes Valley Anthology. And his debut novel, The Fall of Bellwether, was shortlisted by Daniel Goldsmith Associates in the First Novel Prize, 2022, earned finalist status in the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Novel Competition, and is currently ranked in Coverfly’s top ten Historical Book/Manuscripts Projects of all-time.
Most recently, “Bellwether” won the Amity Literary Prize through Anamcara Press and is scheduled for publication in Spring, 2024. Chad is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, holds an MFA from Spalding University and served as co-editor for the fiction/poetry blog, Cafe Aphra, based in the United Kingdom.
Chad teaches English and Creative Writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels though he is most proud of his roles as husband and father to two rambunctious young sons.
