Thea Swanson

Poet, Fiction Writer

Suquamish, WA
Washington US
Email: 
theaswanson@gmail.com
Website: 
www.theaswanson.com
Twitter/X: 
@thea_swanson

Author's Bio

Thea Swanson holds an MFA in Writing from Pacific University in Oregon. Her flash-fiction collection, Mars, was published by Ravenna Press in 2017. Her fiction and poetry can be found in many journals.  Thea has taught English from middle-school through college and is the Founding Editor of Club Plum Literary Journal. Her writing can be found at www.theaswanson.com.

Education: 
Pacific University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
Mars (Ravenna Press, 2017)
,
The Curious Solitude of Anise (CreateSpace, 2013)
Journals:
After Dinner Conversation
,
Anemone Sidecar
,
Body Parts Magazine
,
Crab Creek Review
,
Cutbank
,
Danse Macabre
,
Dark Matter
,
Dirty Chai
,
Fiction Southeast
,
Gingerbread House
,
Gone Lawn
,
Image
,
Literary Orphans
,
Mid-American Review
,
Moon City Review
,
New Plains Review
,
Our Stories
,
Skidrow Penthouse
,
Sonder Review
,
Storm Cellar
,
The Broke Bohemian
,
Toad Suck Review
,
Your Impossible Voice

Poetry

Journals:
Adanna Literary Journal
,
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose
,
Chiron Review
,
Drunk Monkeys
,
Juke Joint Magazine
,
Pithead Chapel
,
Revolution (Relaunch)
,
Spillway
,
TulipTree Review
,
Verdad Magazine
Prizes won: 

Dzanc Books 2021 Nonfiction Prize Longlist Honoree; Fiction Finalist, Best of the Net Anthology 2020; Longlisted in Tarpaulin Sky 2020 Book Awards; Honorable Mention, 2020 TulipTree Wild Women Contest; Finalist, 2016 American Short[er] Fiction Contest, American Short Fiction. 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
Buffalo, NY
New York
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Last update: Dec 01, 2021