Willa Elizabeth Schmidt

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Madison, WI
Wisconsin US
Email: 
wschmidt@library.wisc.edu

Author's Bio

ESL Tutor with Madison, WI Literacy Network Ph.D. in German Literature UW-Madison Academic Reference Litrarian

Education: 
University of Wisconsin, Madison MFA

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:
Two Countries Anthology (Red Hen Press, 2017)
Journals:
Apalachee Review
,
Bellevue Literary Review
,
Consequence
,
Iron Horse Literary Review
,
Massachusetts Review
,
Potomac Review

Fiction

Anthology:
Best Short Stories of 2014 (Saturday Evening Post Society, 2014)
Journals:
Amoskeag
,
Iowa Woman
,
Kalliope
,
MacGuffin
,
Mobius
,
Rosebud
,
St. Anthony Messenger
,
Timber Creek Review
,
Valparaiso Fiction Review
Prizes won: 

Writers Workshop of Asheville, NC 12th Annual Memoirs Competition, 2004--1st Prize Wisconsin Academy Review Short Story contest, 2004--2d Prize Kalliope Journal Inaugural Short Fiction Contest, 1st Prize Iron Horse Literary Review Trifecta Essay Contest, 1st Prize, 2017

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Alice Munro, Claire Keegan
What I'm reading now: 
The Flames by Sophie Haydock, Isabel Allende by La casa de los espiritus

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
German American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
German, Spanish
Born in: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois
Raised in: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Nov 16, 2023