Will Berry is an award-winning writer and director from Maine.

He attended Brown University where he graduated with honors in two “practical” concentrations: Modern Culture & Media (film) and Literary Arts (scribbles). His thesis film Off The Record received the Kenneth Baker ‘69 Memorial Honors Prize.

His stories have received acclaim from Gulf Coast, The Pinch, PRISM international, The Florida Review, and Zoetrope: All-Story. His screenplays have been selected at Scriptapalooza, the Austin Film Festival, and PAGE, among others.

While working as a freelance videographer, Will established Pythian Visions as an outlet for his personal film projects. As he evolves as an artist, he plans to expand Pythian Visions into a collaborative film collective.

Will continues his literary journey pursuing an MFA at the University of Alabama. He serves as an assistant editor at Black Warrior Review.

Ignoring Gevin

essay
Gulf Coast, (forthcoming)

Buck Velvet

short story
Winner, The Florida Review 2022 Editor’s Prize
The Florida Review 47.1, Spring 2023

“Jacob, Jacob.”

prose poem
Honorable Mention, 2020 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Competition
Mantis • Issue 21, 2023

 Hometown Tourist

short story
Winner, 2021 Pinch Literary Awards
The Pinch 42.1, Spring 2022

Sweatpants and Pea Coat Like a Rich Mothafucka

short story
The Round : Issue XI / Fall 2014

I Wake Up Some Mornings with a Pressing Urge to Micturate, Yet Remain Bedridden with Lust

short story
The Round : Volume IX / Fall 2013

Playing My Own Pythia

poem
Issues Magazine, Spring 2013