Camila Santos

Fiction Writer

New York, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Camila Santos’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Sand Hills Literary Magazine, Hemingway Shorts Vol. 7, The Write Launch, Columbia Journal and the New York Times. Her work in Portuguese can be found in Ruído ManifestoRevista EstrofeNordeste Aqui Dentro and Raízes, Brazilian Women Poets in Translation. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translations from Queens College and has been awarded residencies at Ragdale, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Vermont Studio Center. In 2020, she was named a Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow. She grew up in Recife, Brazil and has lived in Queens since 2004. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.

Education: 

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Byline Bible (Writer's Digest Books, 2018)
Journals: , , ,
The New York Times
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Write Launch
Prizes won: 
  • Finalist // 2024 Disquiet Luso-American Fellowship
  • First prize // Prose Contest Sand Hills Literary Magazine 2022 // "Moving Forward"
  • First prize // 2022 Ernest Hemingway Foundation Hemingway Shorts Fiction Contest // “A Worthy Challenge”
  • Fellow // 2020 Emerging Writer Fellowship, Center for Fiction

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Immigration, Mental Health, Schools, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers, Women
Fluent in: 
Portuguese, Spanish
Born in: 
Recife, PE
Brazil
Pernambuco
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Last update: Feb 26, 2025