10 Short Stories About Women’s Transformations

The Little Mermaid sacrifices her tail for a human soul. The Navajo Changing Woman grows old and is reborn with the seasons. The nymph Daphne becomes a tree to escape lovesick Apollo. Women transform because we are hungry. We transform because we’re restless, and because we’re dangerous. Women transform seeking liberation from domesticity, obscurity, prescribed […] The post 10 Short Stories About Women’s Transformations appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

[ Electric Literature | 2020-08-28 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award shortlist is dominated by Irish authors with former winner and Booker Prize longlistee Kevin Barry and relative newcomers Danielle McLaughlin and Louise Kennedy in the running for the £30,000 prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The Best Short Stories about Christmas Everyone Should Read

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Panel Mania: Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival Edited by Diane Noomin

This excerpt-sampler of work from the anthology ‘Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival’ Edited by Diane Noomin, includes three stories by artists who survived sexual assault: Lee Mars’ “Got Over It,” Carol Lay’s “A Sampler of Misdeeds,” and Ajuan Mance’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Comma Press teams up with Northern Short Story Festival for prize

Indie publisher Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire have teamed up with the Northern Short Story Festival for the next Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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CWA Margery Allingham Short Story prize to continue until 2024

The Crime Writers' Association will continue the Margery Allingham Short Story competition for at least another five years and has plans to rename next year's prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-11 11:04:19 UTC ]
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Translation scoops Commonwealth Short Story Prize for first time

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Sunday Times Audible Short Story Prize longlist revealed

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Read Sci-Fi Author Elizabeth Bear’s New Short Story About Panic in Space

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With ‘Orange World,’ Karen Russell delivers the must-read short-story collection of the summer

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As Disney writes off its Vice investment, 10 Vice stories to help staffers cope: Publisher’s Brief

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Picador snaps up Alzayat short story collection

Picador has acquired a collection of short stories from "really exciting talent" Dima Alzayat. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'My Favorite Thing is Monsters,' 'Honor Girl,' and more, picked by Kelsey Wroten, author of 'Cannonball.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Evaristo and Caldwell make Shafak's top 10 exciting women writers list

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Potter lands Eisenberg short stories in first Europa buy

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