About Allison

Allison Alsup is an award-winning writer, teacher, and editor. She holds an M.F.A. in fiction from Emerson College. Her forthcoming debut novel, Foreign Seed, will be published on June 4, 2024 by Keylight Books, a niche imprint of Turner Publishing reserved for works with significant screen potential.

Allison’s work has won multiple contests and recognitions, including the 2014 O’Henry Prize Stories, the UK’s 2018 Manchester Fiction Prize shortlist, and Best Food Writing 2015; she is the co-author of the French Quarter Drinking Companion.  

A co-founder of the non-profit New Orleans Writers Workshop (NOWW) Allison currently serves as its Creative Director. She also oversees NOWW’s developmental editing services, working one on one with clients in multiple genres as well as teaching several craft-based workshops each year. 

Previously Allison taught writing and literature full-time at the University of New Orleans, and creative writing through the Loyola Writing Institute at Loyola University, New Orleans. As a teacher, editor and mentor with over two decades of experience of working with writers, Allison has helped hundreds of students and clients hone their craft and achieve their creative goals, including publishing first stories, completing novels, and creating successful M.F.A. application portfolios.

Allison is represented by Gordon Warnock of Fuse Literary.