Neal Lulofs' debut novel, A Place Called Normal, is forthcoming in 2028 from Regal House Publishing.
His short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including The Normal School, The Swannanoa Review, and The Willow Review. He was a finalist in the 2026 Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers’ Contest, and he has been nominated for t
Neal Lulofs' debut novel, A Place Called Normal, is forthcoming in 2028 from Regal House Publishing.
His short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including The Normal School, The Swannanoa Review, and The Willow Review. He was a finalist in the 2026 Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers’ Contest, and he has been nominated for the Best of the Net anthology.
Lulofs graduated from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Born and raised in Illinois, he lives in Bend, Oregon.
In the end, stories are about one person saying to another: This is the way it feels to me. Can you understand what I'm saying? Does it also feel this way to you?
Kazuo Ishiguro
