About John Vurro

John Vurro’s novel Play, Rewind was published April of 2025 from Tortoise Books. It was shortlisted for the Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest, and was also a finalist in Craft’s First Chapter Contest. His chapbook Nocturnes was published by Bottlecap Press. His story, “Turnkey,” was chosen for Carve‘s One to Watch feature in their 2015 summer issue. His story, “Carmine’s War,” won Harpur Palate‘s 2013 John Gardner Award. His fiction has been published in The Literary Review, Eclipse, Glint, and elsewhere. His poems have been published in Arrhythmia, Sugar House Review, Action, Spectacle and elsewhere. His essay “Guardians'' was published in The Sun and nominated for a Pushcart Prize as well as being included as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2025. He lives in New Jersey.