Carolyn (C. S.) Donnell

Poet, Fiction Writer

Santa Clara, CA
California US
Email: 
cdonnelltx@yahoo.com
Website: 
carolyndonnell.wordpress.com

Author's Bio

I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in late 1998 from Houston and began writing again around 2003. My short fiction, poetry and articles have won several awards and have been published in anthologies including: San Mateo County Fair - Literary Arts Division Anthology - Carry the Light, Vols 1- 4, 2012-14), California Writers Club Anthology - Westward Winds 2010, South Bay Writers’Anthologies - Who Are Our Friends? 2009 and Series 1963 2018, and Sand Hill Review 2007. Blood Will Tell is my first novel and Deeper Colors is my second. Blog at carolyndonnell.wordpress.com

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
Carry the Light Vol 6 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2017)
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Carry the Light Vol 5 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2016)
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Carry the Light Vol 3 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2015)
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Carry the Light Vol 4 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2015)

Poetry

Anthologies:
Celebrate Creativity – A Cupertino Community Anthology (Legentibus Publishing Company, 2020)
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Carry the Light Vol 4 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2015)
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Carry the Light Vol 3 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2014)
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Carry the Light Vol 2 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2013)
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Carry the Light Vol 1 (Sand Hill Review Press, 2012)
Prizes won: 
  • 2021 San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Div., 1st Short Story and Best in Show
  • 2019 San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Division, HM Short Story
  • 2018 San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Division, 1st Short Story
  • 2018 South Bay Writers Club WritersTalk Critics Choice - Poetry
  • 2018 South Bay Writers Club WritersTalk challenge, 1st memoir/short story
  • 2018 Winner, CWC South Bay Branch WritersTalk – essay
  • 2018 San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Division, 2nd sci-fi/fantasy, 3rd short story fiction, 2nd poetry
  • 2018 24-hour online short story contest, HM
  • 2017 San Francisco Writers Conference, 1st Fiction
  • 2017 San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Division, Exhibitor of the Year Award 1st in Short Story, Novel Start, and Childrens' Story Start
  • 2017 South Bay Writers Club WritersTalk Challenge, winner in poetry
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2018 San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Division, 1st short story HM sci-fi/fantasy
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2017 Frontiers in Writing, Amarillo, Texas, HM short story

  • 2017 Frontiers in Writing, Amarillo, Texas, HM memoir
  • 2017 Frontiers in Writing, Amarillo, Texas, 1st & 3rd place short story

  • 2017 South West Writers, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2nd short story/western

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More Information

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
TX
Texas
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Last update: Jul 16, 2021