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Mina Manchester

ABOUT

Mina Manchester's work has appeared or is forthcoming from HuffPost, Columbia Journal, The Normal School, Inscape, The Evergreen Review and Electric Literature. She's a graduate of the Sewanee School of Letters and former editor-at-large for Five South and Assistant Editor for Narrative Magazine. A  Scandinavian American who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, she's now a sun worshipper living in Los Angeles with her family.

About

WRITING

FICTION

"Diane Arbus Reviews awkwardfamilyphoto.com," Electric Literature, December 2022

"How Shall I Reject Thee? Let Me Count the Ways," Electric Literature, December 2022

"An Open Letter to the Nutcracker Ballet," Electric Literature, December 2022

"My NaNoWriMo Diary," co-written with Lauren Christiansen, Electric Literature, November 2022

"Not This Time," Inscape, Fall 2020 (print only)

"Opening Day," Finalist, Pinch Literary Award 2020

"The Plumber," Close-but-no-cigar shortlist shout-out, The Molotov Cocktail 2020

"Diving In," Columbia Journal, December 2019

"Screen Time," The Normal School, August 2018

"Fight or Flight," Finalist, Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award, Cutthroat Journal of the Arts 2015

Writing
Awards

AWARDS, INTERVIEWS& WORKSHOPS

AWARDS

Nominated for UCLA James Kirkwood Prize in Creative Writing

INTERVIEWS
 

Interview with Spoken Label podcast

WORKSHOPS

Kenyon Review Writing Workshop 2019

The Writer's Hotel 2019, TA 2020-21

Narrative Magazine's The Art of the Story 2015

Editing

EDITING

 

PROFESSIONAL EDITING

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

Developmental edits

Line editing

Please contact me to discuss your project.

Website Design
Contact

CONTACT

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