Jared Povanda

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Author's Bio

Jared Povanda is an internationally published writer, poet, and freelance editor from upstate New York. He has been nominated multiple times for Best of the Net and Best Microfiction, and his writing can be found in fine venues such as PidgeonholesCheap Pop, Hobart, HAD, Maudlin House, Ellipsis Zine, Emerge Literary Journal, and Wrongdoing Magazine, among numerous others. He holds a degree in Creative Writing from Ithaca College, where he graduated Summa cum Laude.

 

 

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:
My Body, My Words (Big Table Publishing Company, 2018)
Journals:
Bending Genres
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Daily Drunk
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Ellipsis Zine
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Hobart
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Fiction

Journals:
Cheap Pop
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Ellipsis Zine
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Emerge Literary Journal
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Lammergeier
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Wrongdoing Magazine
Prizes won: 

Winning Work

"We Wanted to Sing it From the Light" First Place in Versification's Fierce Flash Contest, June 2021

Nominated Work

"We Wanted to Sing it From the Light" Nominated for Best of the Net by Versification (2021),

"Hot Blood, Cold Snow" Nominated for Best of the Net by Wrongdoing Magazine (2021), 

"Endless Cycles" Nominated for Best Microfiction by Emerge Literary Journal (2020),

"Ongoing" Nominated for Best Microfiction by Stanchion (2021)

Distinguished Work

"Clawing" Longlisted for Pidgeonhole's THE BODY Contest,

"Repository, or a New Prayer" Longlisted for Emerge Literary Journal's This is Not Prose, a Prose Poem Contest

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Donna Tartt, Diana Gabaldon, Maggie Stiefvater, Krista & Becca Ritchie, Pierce Brown, Cassandra Clare, J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts, Sally Rooney, Kazue Kato, and many, many more.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NY
New York
Raised in: 
NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 28, 2022