Michelle Ross [1]
Listed as:
Fiction Writer

Public address:
Tucson,
AZ
Arizona US
Email:
michellenicolross@gmail.com
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
English
Born in:
Dickinson
Raised in:
Dickinson,
TX
Texas
Website:
Prizes won:
- Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2021
- First place, 2021 Zizzle Literary Flash Fiction contest
- "Hostages" was long-listed for the 2021 Wigleaf Top 50
- “Cake or Pie” was selected for Best Small Fictions 2021
- 2020 Sue Lile Inman Fiction Prize, Emrys Journal
- “Mirrors” was selected for Best Microfiction 2021
- Finalist, 2020 W.S. Porter Prize, Regal House Press
- Finalist, 2020 Hudson Prize, Black Lawrence Press
- 2020 Stillhouse Books Short Story Award
- Finalist, 2020 Orison Fiction Prize
- “Fertilizer” and “Manhandle” were long-listed for the 2020 Wigleaf Top 50
- Finalist, Story Foundation Prize 2020
- Finalist, 2020 Blue Light Books Prize
- “Fertilizer” and “Palate Cleanser” were selected for Best Microfiction 2020
- “One or Two?” was selected for 2019 Wigleaf Top 50; also, “An Arm or a Palm Frond or a Boot” was long-listed
- Finalist, 2018 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction for “A Mouth is a House for Teeth”
- Finalist, 2018 Best of the Net Anthology for “Why Science Lessons That Involve Potatoes Give Me Grief”
- Finalist and Highly Commended Story, The Forge 2018 Flash Fiction Contest for “Muscle Memory”
- Finalist, 2017 Foreward INDIES Book of the Year Awards in Short Stories
- Finalist, 2017 Lascaux Prize in Flash Fiction for “Prologue”
- Long-listed for 2017 Wigleaf Top 50 for “Phainopepla”
- 2016 Moon City Press Short Fiction Award
- Runner-up for 2016 Juniper Prize in Short Fiction
- Finalist, 2016 New American Press Short Fiction Prize
- Finalist, 2016 Leapfrog Press Fiction Contest
- 3rd Place Winner, Sixfold 2016 Spring Fiction Contest
- 3rd Place Winner, Sixfold 2015 Winter Fiction Contest
- Winner of Sixfold 2014 Winter Fiction Contest
- Winner of Main Street Rag 2005 Fiction Contest
- Finalist, Pebble Lake Review 2005 Fiction Contest
- Gulf Coast 2002 Fiction Prize
Education:
Indiana University
Identifies as:
White
Prefers to work with:
Any