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Mina Manchester

BIO

Mina Manchester is a Scandinavian-American writer chasing the sun in Los Angeles. A graduate of the Sewanee School of Letters, her work has been featured in Electric Literature, HuffPost, The Evergreen Review, Columbia Journal, The Normal School, Inscape and others. Her work has been chosen as a Finalist for The Masters Review Short Story Award, the Pinch Literary Award, the Bellingham Review Annie Dillard Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Cutthroat Journal Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award, honored by New Millennium Writings and nominated for the UCLA James Kirkwood Prize. A former Editor-At-Large for Five South and Assistant Editor for Narrative Magazine, her workshop experience includes The Kenyon Review Writing Workshop, The Writer’s Hotel, and Narrative’s Art of the Story.  

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Photo credit: Emma Burdett

About

WRITING

Writing
Awards

AWARDS, INTERVIEWS & WORKSHOPS

AWARDS

Honorable Mention, New Millennium Writings, 2023 

Shortlisted, The Master's Review Short Story Award for New Writers, 2023

Finalist, Bellingham Review Annie Dillard Award in Creative Nonfiction 2022

Finalist, Pinch Literary Award 2020

Nominated UCLA James Kirkwood Prize in Creative Writing 2019

Finalist, Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award, Cutthroat Journal of the Arts 2015

INTERVIEWS
 
WORKSHOPS

Kenyon Review Writing Workshop 2019

The Writer's Hotel 2019, TA 2020-21

Narrative The Art of the Story 2015

Editing

EDITING

 

PROFESSIONAL EDITING

Novel, short story, flash, personal essay, nonfiction, creative nonfiction and humor

Please contact me to discuss your project.

Website Design
Contact

CONTACT

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