In February 2026, Screen Door Press, an imprint of the University Press of Kentucky will publish the linked short story collection But Where’s Home? by Toni Ann Johnson. Winner of the 2024 Screen Door Press Fiction Prize, the book follows Johnson’s previous collection, Light Skin Gone to Waste, a 2023 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Literary Work and winner of the 2021 Flannery O’Connor Award. Deeply emotional, funny, and unflinchingly honest, But Where’s Home? lays bare the realities of Black life in America, challenging readers to confront issues of racism and classism as well as narcissistic abuse and parent-child relationships. More info here.
