Denise Tolan

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

San Antonio, TX
Texas US
Email: 
dtolan4723@gmail.com
Website: 
www.denisetolan.com/
Twitter/X: 
@denise_tolan

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Italian Blood (CavanKerry Press, 2023)
Journals:
Bodega
,
Flock
,
Fugue
,
Gravel Literary Journal
,
Lunch Ticket
,
Mojave River Review
,
SunStruck Magazine
,
Tishman Review

Fiction

Books:
Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea (Great weather for MEDIA, 2020)
,
Best Small Fictions 2018 (Braddock Avenue Books, 2018)
,
Best Short Stories from the Saturday Evening Post 2017 (Saturday Evening Post Society, 2017)
Journals:
Apple Valley Review
,
Blue Mountain Review
,
Crack the Spine
,
Empty Sink Publishing
,
Hobart
,
Lunch Ticket
,
Queen Mob's Teahouse
,
Quirk
,
Reed Magazine
,
Sleet Magazine
,
Sonora Review
,
Still Point Arts Quarterly
,
Storyscape
,
The Airgonaut
,
The Great American Literary Magazine
,
The RavensPerch
,
West Texas Literary Review
Prizes won: 

  • Nominated for Best of the Net 2022 by Atlas and Alice

  • Nominated for Best Small Fictions 2020 by Great Weather For Media

  • 2019 Finalist Arts for the People Chapbook Contest

  • 2019 Longlist Ink Tears Short Story Contest

  • 2019 International Literary Awards, Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction: finalist

  • 2019 Gambling the Aisle Chapbook Prize: finalist 

  • 2018 Diane Woods Memorial Award: finalist, non fiction

  • 2018 The Best Small Fictions, Lunch Ticket: winner

  • 2018 International Literary Awards, Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction: finalist

  • 2018 The Best Small Fictions, Lunch Ticket: winner

  • 2018 International Literary Awards, Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction: finalist

  • 2018 Forge Fellowship: finalist

  • 2017 Wigleaf’s Top 50, Apple Valley Review, long-listed

  • 2017 River Styx Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction contest: semi Finalist

  • 2017 Saturday Evening Post Fiction Contest: finalist

  • 2016 Texas Observer Short Story contest: honorable mention

  • 2016 SunStruck Magazine Creative nonfiction writing contest: winner

  • 2015 Best of the Net, The Great American Lit Mag: nominee

  • 2013 Glimmer Train’s Award for New Writers: honorable mention

  • 2012 Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award: finalist

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Italy
Raised in: 
San Antonio, TX
Texas
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Last update: Oct 31, 2023