Anne de Marcken

Poet, Fiction Writer

Olympia, WA
Washington US
Website: 
annedemarcken.com
Twitter/X: 
@annedemarcken

Author's Bio

Anne de Marcken is a writer and interdisciplinary artist. Winner of The Novel Prize, It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over is her debut novel, published simultaneously by New Directions (US), Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) and Giramondo (AU). She is also author of the lyric novella, The Accident: An Account (Spuyten Duyvil, 2020), and her writing has been featured in Best New American Voices, Ploughshares, Narrative, Entropy, Glimmer Train, Southern Indiana Review, on NPR’s Selected Shorts and elsewhere. She has received fellowship and award recognition for her work across disciplines in film, site-specific installation and writing. Anne is the founding Editor and Publisher of the innovative small press The 3rd Thing. She lives and works on the unceded land of the Coast Salish people in Olympia, WA. You can see more about Anne at https://annedemarcken.com, and more about The 3rd Thing at https://the3rdthing.press.

Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Jentel Artist Residency
Millay Arts

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
Best New American Voices (Harcourt, 2007)
,
The Way We Knew It (Vermont College, 2006)
Books:
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over (New Directions, 2024)
,
The Accident: An Account (Spuyten Duyvil, 2020)
Journals:
Glimmer Train Stories
,
Hunger Mountain
,
Narrative
,
ploughshares
,
Quarter After Eight
,
Southern Indiana Review

Poetry

Book:
The Accident: An Account (Spuyten Duyvil, 2020)
Prizes won: 
  • The Novel Prize 2022, Winner
  • Dzanc Novella Prize 2020, Finalist
  • Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest (2018) Winner, Carmen Maria Machado, judge
  • Narrative Fall Fiction Contest (2017) Finalist
  • Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction (2017) Finalist
  • Iowa Short Fiction Award (2017) Semi-finalist
  • Glimmer Train Fiction Open Award (2013) Finalist
  • Mary C. Mohr Short Fiction Award (2010) Winner. Alan Cheuse, judge
  • Salem College 2010 International Literary Awards, Fiction (2010) Honorable Mention
  • Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction (2010) Finalist
  • A Room of Her Own Orlando Prize for Short Fiction (2010) Finalist
  • Gulf Coast Fiction Prize (2010) Finalist
  • Iowa Short Fiction Award (2009) Semi-finalist
  • Cutthroat Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award (2009) Finalist
  • Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Contest (2009) Honorable Mention. Yiyun Li, judge
  • Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award (2009) Second Place
  • Glimmer Train Family Matters Fiction Award (2009) Finalist
  • Symphony Space Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize (2008) Winner. Amy Hempel, judge
  • Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize (2008) Honorable Mention
  • Glimmer Train Family Matters Fiction Award (2008) Finalist
  • Glimmer Train Fiction Open Award (2007) Finalist
  • Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize (2007) Semi-finalist
  • Howard Frank Mosher Prize for Short Fiction (2006) Winner

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
To Limn / Lying In by J'Lyn Chapman

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Lake Tahoe, CA
California
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Last update: Feb 02, 2024