Bethany Bruno

Bethany Bruno is a Floridian author whose fiction and nonfiction often explore history, place, and the strange beauty of Florida. She holds a BA in English from Flagler College and an MA from the University of North Florida.

Her work has appeared in more than a hundred literary journals and magazines, including The Threepenny Review, The Sun, McSweeney’s, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, and The Huffington Post.

Her writing has been recognized with numerous honors, including the 2026 Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest, the Key West Art & Historical Society’s Tennessee Williams Short Story Contest, Inscape Journal’s 2025 Flash Contest, and Blue Earth Review’s Dog Daze Contest for Flash Fiction.

She has also been named a finalist for the WOW! Women on Writing Essay Contest, The Adroit Journal’s Anthony Veasna So Scholars in Fiction, Flare Magazine’s Strength in Stories Contest, and CutBank’s Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and was previously nominated for Best of the Net.

She’s seeking representation for her two finished historical fiction novels.