Drew Mayer, 2026 Sara Patton Recipient: Fiction (Literary Novel)

Drew Mayer’s short fiction has been published in the Swannanoa Review, Bristol Noir, Villain Era, Pindeldyboz, Absinthe Literary Review, Squawk Back, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and Tower, the literary magazine of Dartmouth College, where he earned an AB in Creative Writing and Literature. He also holds an MA in Communication from Stanford University. He is looking to publish his first novel, The Mahogany Circus.