Gail Upchurch

Gail Upchurch is a writer of young adult and adult fiction. She is a 2025 Baldwin for the Arts Fellow, a 2022 Kimbilio Fellow, a finalist for the 2022 Pen Parentis Fellowship, and a 2021 Tin House YA Scholar.

Her short story “The Cottage” was nominated for a 2024 O. Henry Prize. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Binghamton University’s program for writers and an MFA in creative writing with an emphasis in fiction from Chicago State University. Gail has recent short stories published in The Missouri Review, Obsidian: Journal & Ideas in the African Diaspora, Tupelo Quarterly, Torch Literary Arts, and Sequestrum and is currently at work on a young adult novel and a linked short story collection.