Trent Lewin

Award-winning fiction where literary craft runs with the strange

About the Author

Trent Lewin writes novels and short stories. Fiction is where he lives. As a person of color, an immigrant to North America, and a father, his experiences shape both his life and his writing. He is also a dedicated climate advocate. Over the years, he has been privileged to win or be listed in various writing competitions and has had his work published in literary magazines and journals.

Featured Achievements

Major Contest Wins and Notes

Winner of: The New Ohio Review's Annual Fiction Contest, Boulevard's Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers, and The Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction. Twice shortlisted by the CBC Short Story Prize and longlisted five times total. Shortlisted by the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Distinguished story in the 2025 Best American Short Stories.

Shortlists

Arts and Letters, American Short Fiction, The Iowa Review , The Masters Review, Fiddlehead, Yolk Literary, The Writers Union of Canada Short Fiction Prize.

Publications

december Magazine, Peatsmoke, The Bangalore Review, The New Quarterly, Grain, FreeFall, Ex-Puritan, Syncopation Literary Journal.

The Latest

‘We, the Divine’. Disclosure was never so sweet.

I think there’s a movie coming out called Disclosure Days about aliens. Well, I wrote about that long ago and just had a piece published in Syncopation, called ‘We, the Divine’ that touches on this subject. But mostly, it’s about...