Mitchell Duran is a writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He has been published in X-Ray Lit Mag, Resurrection Magazine, FreeFlashFiction.com, Black Horse Review, Drunk Monkey, The Millions, Riverlit, Penumbra Review, BrokeAssStuart, and others. Wilner Award and Clark Grossman Prize winner (SFSU) 2017-2019. Mitchell currently works as a tech and business writer/analyst.
Selected work
BrokeAssStuart Articles
BrokeAssStuart, 2025
Is It OK If We Discuss Your Sister
X-R-A-Y, 2022
Jodie's Red Dragons
Drunk Monkeys, 2021
New Home & Propensity
RESURRECTION Magazine, 2021
White Whale
RESURRECTION Magazine, 2021
The Rock
Free Flash Fiction, 2020
A Game Like Heroin: On Escapism, TwitchCon, and Kicking the ‘Fortnite’ Habit
The Millions, 2019
Sea Ranch
Black Horse Review, 2019
Seat G16-17
RiverLit, 2011
Projects
Other · 2016-present
Actor: A Novel in Three Acts
Other · 2019-2019
Clark Grossman Prize | San Francisco State University
Awarded by Lydia Kiesling, author of "The Golden State" for my novella-in-progress "The House of 21."
Other · 2018-2018
Wilner Award in Short Fiction - San Francisco State University
Awarded "The Wilner Award in Short Fiction" for my short story "Into the Night."
Other · 2017-2017
Marshall J. Miller Award - San Francisco State University
Award provides annual scholarship funding to one or more full-time students whose major (or one of their majors) is in the general field of literature