Elissa Malcohn

Fiction Writer, Poet

Beverly Hills, FL
Florida US
Email: 
emalcohn@earthlink.net
Website: 
home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/ind…

Author's Bio

Information about publications, awards and nominations, workshops and other presentations, etc., may be found on my website http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/index.html (or do a Web search on "Malcohn's World").

I started writing and submitting as a child, and I considered myself an "official" writer when I received my first rejection slip. When I graduated from P.S. 99 in 1972, the school ordered a second English medal, renamed it Creative Writing, and gave it to me. Part of me is still that child who doesn’t know any better and who hasn't quite grown up yet. "Keep asking questions" and "Nothing is wasted" are two maxims I pass on to my students (and to anyone who will listen), and of which I continually remind myself.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (Scriblerus Press, 2008)
,
Full Spectrum (Bantam/Spectra, 1988)
Journals:
Aboriginal Sci Fi
,
Amazing Stories
,
Asimov's Sci-Fi Magazine
,
Black Maria
,
Electric Velocipede
,
Mythic Delirium
,
PicFic
,
Tales of the Unanticipated
,
The Drabbler
,
Yellow Silk
,
Z Miscellaneous

Poetry

Anthologies:
Rhysling Anthology 2012 (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2012)
,
Vampyr Verse (Popcorn Press, 2009)
,
Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS 2004 (National Federation of State Poetry Societies, 2004)
,
Burning With a Vision: Poetry of Science and the Fantastic (Owlswick Press, 1984)
Journals:
Aboriginal Sci Fi
,
Amazing Stories
,
Aoife's Kiss
,
Asimov's Sci-Fi Magazine
,
Astropoetica
,
Aurora
,
Beacon Review
,
Dreams and Nightmares
,
Earth's Daughters
,
Eye to the Telescope
,
Magazine of Speculative Poetry
,
Portland Review
,
Space and Time
,
Star*Line
,
Strange Horizons
,
Tales of the Unanticipated
,
The Fifth Di...
,
We'Moon
,
Z Miscellaneous
Prizes won: 

Finalist, 1985 John W. Campbell Award for best new science fiction writer of the year, for novelette "Lazuli," Asimov's, Nov. 1984.
Reached preliminary ballot for 1989 Nebula Award, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, for "Moments of Clarity," Full Spectrum, Bantam Books, 1988.
New England Science Fiction Association Short Story Award, 1983, for "Choreographer," which also received the River Reader Prize in 1985.
Received awards in contests held by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Florida State Poets Association, and Indiana and Minnesota state poetry competitions.
Four-time nominee for the Rhysling Award, given for best speculative poetry of the year by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Received honorable mention and top-ten standing in the SFPA's second annual poetry contest (2007), focused on sonnets.
Recipient, Dale C. Donaldson Memorial Award, given by Karmic Runes, 1977. Award was created specifically for my submission.
Honorable Mentions, Lyric College Contest and Marie Louise D'Esternaux Award (Brooklyn Poetry Circle), 1976.
Recipient, Read Magazine Creative Writing Award, 1972.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Brooklyn
Raised in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
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Last update: May 10, 2013