Anne Elliott

Poet, Fiction Writer

South Portland, ME
Maine US
Email: 
bigfatpress@yahoo.com
Website: 
anneelliottstories.com
Twitter/X: 
@bigfatpress

Author's Bio

Anne Elliott is the author of The Artstars: Stories (Blue Light Books / Indiana University Press, 2019) and The Beginning of the End of the Beginning (Ploughshares Solos, 2014). Her short stories can be found in Story, A Public Space, Crab Orchard Review, Witness, Hobart, Bellevue Literary Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Fugue, and elsewhere. Elliott is a veteran of the New York spoken word circuit, with stage credits including the Whitney Museum, Lincoln Center, and PS122. Her fiction has received support from the Story Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, The Normal School, Table 4 Writer's Foundation, and The Bridport Prize. She holds an MFA in visual art from UC San Diego, and an MFA in fiction writing from Warren Wilson College. Learn more at www.anneelliottstories.com.

Education: 
Warren Wilson College MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
New York State Summer Writers Institute
Tin House Summer Workshop
Vermont Studio Center
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
The Bridport Prize Anthology (Redcliffe Press Ltd., 2014)
,
BODY & SOUL: NARRATIVES OF HEALING FROM ARS MEDICA (University of Toronto, 2011)
,
One on One: The Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century (Applause Books, 2007)
,
Verses That Hurt: Pleasure and Pain from the POEMFONE Poets (St. Martin's Griffin, 1997)
Books:
The Artstars: Stories (Indiana University Press, 2019)
,
The Beginning of the End of the Beginning (Ploughshares Solos, 2014)
Journals:
Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, the Arts, and Humanities
,
Bellevue Literary Review
,
Crab Orchard Review
,
Fifth Wednesday Journal
,
Frigg Magazine
,
Fugue
,
Hobart
,
JMWW Quarterly
,
Normal School
,
Pindeldyboz
,
A Public Space
,
r.kv.r.y. quarterly
,
SmokeLong Quarterly
,
Story
,
Witness

Poetry

Anthologies:
Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry (Vehicule Press, 1998)
,
Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (Henry Holt, 1994)
Journals:
Lungfull!
,
New York Quarterly
Prizes won: 

The Story Prize, the Blue Light Books Prize, Table 4 Writer's Foundation grant, The Normal Prize, Vermont Studio Center fellowship, The Bridport Prize (highly commended)

 

 

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
Seattle, WA
Washington
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Last update: Feb 05, 2021