Nick Kocz’s short stories and essays have appeared in a number of magazines, including Black Warrior Review, The Collagist, Mid-American Review, The Normal School, and Web Conjunctions.  He earned his MFA from Virginia Tech and is deeply indebted to the many fine professors and fellow MFA candidates he met there.  A recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, he is Associate Editor for FutureCycle Flash.

Although he was born in Buffalo, New York and spent the majority of his adult life in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, he now lives with his wife and three wonderful children in Blacksburg, Virginia.