| Author | Title | First published |
|---|
| Gabriel Bump | "To Buffalo Eastward" | McSweeney's (No. 59) |
| Rita Chang-Eppig | "The Miracle Girl" | Virginia Quarterly Review (Vol.96, No.4) |
| Vanessa Cuti | "Our Children" | West Branch (No. 94) |
| Jenzo DuQue | "The Rest of Us" | One Story (No.268) |
| Brandon Hobson | "Escape from the Dysphesiac People" | McSweeney's (No. 61) |
| Jamil Jan Kochai | "Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" | The New Yorker (January 6, 2020) |
| Nicole Krauss | "Switzerland" | The New Yorker (September 14, 2020) |
| David Means | "Clementine, Carmelita, Dog" | Granta (No. 152) |
| Yxta Maya Murray | "Paradise" | The Southern Review (Vol. 56, No. 3) |
| Eloghosa Osunde | "Good Boy" | The Paris Review (No. 234) |
| Jane Pek | "Portrait of Two Young Ladies in White and Green Robes (Unidentified Artist, circa Sexteenth Century)" | Conjunctions (No.75) |
| Tracy Rose Peyton | "The Last Days of Rodney" | American Short Fiction (Vol. 23, No.71) |
| Christa Romanosky | "In This Sort of World, the Asshole Wins" | The Cincinnati Review (Vol. 17, No.2) |
| George Saunders | "Love Letter" | The New Yorker (April 6, 2020) |
| Shanteka Sigers | "A Way with Bea" | The Paris Review (No. 234) |
| Stephanie Soileau | "Haguillory" | Zoetrope: All-Story (Vol.24, No. 2) |
| Madhuri Vijay | "You Are My Dear Friend" | The New Yorker (August 17, 2020) |
| Bryan Washington | "Palaver" | McSweeney's (No. 62) |
| Kevin Wilson | "Biology" | The Southern Review (Vol 56, No.1) |
| C Pam Zhang | "Little Beast" | BOMB (No. 153) |
