Matthew Goldberg

Matt Goldberg is a recent graduate of Temple University’s MFA in fiction. Matt also holds an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and has a background working in climate change policy and clean tech innovation. While at Temple, Matt taught undergraduate playwriting, fiction workshops, and first-year writing. He currently works as a UX Content Strategist at Skylight, a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. Matt’s stories have appeared or are forthcoming in a number of literary journals and magazines, including The Normal School, Coolest American Stories, Bards and Sages Quarterly, Maudlin House, Bending Genres, Pif Magazine, Entropy, Call Me [Brackets], Apiary Magazine, The Hoosier Review, and others. He is also a winner of The Arcanist’s 2021 Hunger Flash contest.

Contact: @mattmgoldberg on Twitter

Program/Graduation: MFA Fiction, 2021

Read about Matt’s experience speaking at the United Nations here.

Featured Work:

“Therapunitive Intervention” in Coolest American Stories 2022 (collection comes out Jan. 2022) Folks can preorder the collection on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Itasca Books
“Ancestry Test,” Maudlin House, July 2021
“Tick Bit,” The Arcanist, June 2021, Winner of Hunger Flash Contest
“Watdozitalmene,” Bending Genres, June 2021
“I Don’t Like Your Sweater,” Pif Magazine, April 2021
“Worth,” Hoosier Review, January 2020

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