Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1 appearances
Monica McFawn
モニカ・マクファウン
Monica McFawn
Aliases:
Monica McFawn Robinson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, assistant professor
- Affiliations
- Northern Michigan University (Department of English)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Michigan University | — | Poetry | MFA | — | United States |
Western Michigan University
Poetry
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA in Poetry (year not specified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | Bright Shards of Someplace Else | — | University of Georgia Press | Winner |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | Recipient |
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
2013
Work:
Bright Shards of Someplace Else
Organization:
University of Georgia Press
Result:
Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Result:
Recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bright Shards of Someplace Else
2014 short story collectionA collection of short stories that won the Flannery O'Connor Award. The pieces often explore themes of place, family, and memory.
familymemoryregionalismidentity
Bibliography
- Bright Shards of Someplace Else (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic, condensed languagerestrained narrative voice
- Recurring Motifs
- tensions within familiesfragments of memory and pastrural/regional landscapes
Legacy
Recognized for winning the Flannery O'Connor Award and recipient of an NEA fellowship; noted both for her published fiction and role as a university teacher.
Trivia
- Her great uncle is John J. Hopfield, originator of the Hopfield network.