Barry North

Fiction Writer, Poet

Hahnville, LA

Louisiana US

Email:

info@barrynorth.org

Website:

www.barrynorth.org

Author's Bio

I worked with my hands for twenty-eight years as a refrigeration mechanic. Since my retirement in 2007, I have devoted myself to writing, the greatest voyage of discovery on the planet.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Chapbook:

Along the Highway (White Eagle Coffee Store Press, 2010)

Journals:

Ancient Paths

Bangalore Review

Black Heart Magazine

Blunderbuss Magazine

Brilliant Flash Fiction

Burst

Ginosko Literary Journal

Halfway Down the Stairs

Marathon Literary Review

Remarkable Doorways

RiverLit

Poetry

Anthologies:

Best of Hospital Drive (Hospital Drive, 2016)

The Lascaux Prize Anthology (Lascaux Review, 2015)

Chapbooks:

In the Maze (Finishing Line Press, 2014)

Terminally Human (Finishing Line Press, 2013)

Journals:

Amoskeag

amphibi.us

Ancient Paths

Art Times

Axe Factory Review

Barbaric Yawp

Blue Lake Review

Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac

DoveTales

Edgz

Freshwater

Lalitamba

Gravel Literary Journal

Green Hills Literary Lantern

Hawaii Pacific Review

Hospital Drive

Iconoclast

Innisfree Poetry Journal

Mad Poets Review

Meat for Tea: The Valley Review

Muddy River Poetry Review

Negative Capability

Paterson Literary Review

Pegasus

Remarkable Doorways

Right Hand Pointing

Serving House Journal

Sixfold

Slipstream

The Dos Passos Review

The Louisiana Review

The Storyteller

Tidal Basin Review

Time of Singing

Vine Leaves Literary Journal

Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream

Willard & Maple

Prizes won:

Winner of the 2009 Long Story Contest, International,and the 2010 A. E. Coppard Prize for Fiction; 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee; Finalist in the 2010 Astounding Beauty Ruffian Poetry Chapbook Award Competition; finalist in 2011 Writecorner Press Poetry Awards; Honorable Mention in 2011 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards; 2011 Pushcart Prize Nomination; short list finalist in the 2011 Santa Fe Writers' project; shortlisted in the 2013 Fish flash Fiction Contest; finalist in the 2013 Vine Leaves vignette Contest; semi-finalist 2014 Palettes & Quills chapbook contest; finalist in the 2014 Lascaux Poetry Prize; shortlisted in the 2015 Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest on Equality; finalist in Sixfold's Winter 2015 Poetry contest; Third place in the 2017 Resist contest sponsored by Ricky's Back Yard; Semi-finalist in the 2017 Atlantis Award; Finalist in the 2017 Eggtooth Editions Chapbook Contest.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Christian

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

New Orleans

Raised in:

New Orleans, LA

Louisiana

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Last update: May 18, 2018