AnnElise Hatjakes

AnnElise Hatjakes holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Missouri, as well as an MFA in fiction and MA in writing from the University of Nevada, Reno, where she currently works as a teaching assistant professor. Her short story collection, Matter Out of Place, was published by the University of Nevada Press in February. Her stories have been shortlisted for the Neil Shepard Prize in Fiction, the Curt Johnson Prize, and Phoebe Journal’s 2025 spring fiction contest. Her work has also appeared in journals including Juked, Bull, Tahoma Literary Review, and Typehouse, among others.