Rosalia Scalia

Fiction Writer

Baltimore, MD
Maryland US
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Author's Bio

Rosalia Scalia is the author of two story collections, Stumbling Toward Grace (Unsolicited Press 2021) and Under the Radar, January 2025. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Medicine and MeaningBig Muddy 21, Notre Dame Review, The Oklahoma Review, North Atlantic ReviewThe Portland Review, and Quercus Review, among others. She holds an MA in writing from Johns Hopkins University. She is a Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist’s Award recipient and won the Gary Wilson Award in Short Fiction from descant liteary mag; the Editor’s Select award from Willow Review, and her short story in Pebble Lake was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives with her family in Baltimore City. http://www.rosaliascalia.com.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
City Sages Baltimore (CityLit Press, 2010)
Book:
Stumbling Toward Grace (Unsolicited Press, 2021)
Journals:
Amarillo Bay
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North Atlantic Review
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Pebbe Lake Review
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Pennsylvania English
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Taproot Literary Review
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The Oklahoma Review
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The Quercus Review
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Willow Review
Prizes won: 

Gary Wilson Award for Short Fiction, 2024; Willow Review, Editors' Selection; 2011 Maryland State Art Council Individual Artist Grant, 2010 Taproot Literary Competition, Winner 2007

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Too many to list, but here are a few: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Isaac Babel; Rohinton Mistry; Shauna Singh Baldwin; Lauren Francis Sharma, Susan Mauddi Darraj.
What I'm reading now: 
The Tide King by Jen Michalski (ARC), Helium by Jaspreet Singh (ARC), The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S Byatt

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Baltimore
Raised in: 
Baltimore, MD
Maryland
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Last update: Jan 20, 2025