Ted Morrissey

Sherman, IL

Author's Bio

I teach literature and writing classes in a variety of academic settings, including online in the Lindenwood University MFA in Writing program, and I hold a Ph.D. in English studies from Illinois State University. For my creative writing, I'm most interested in revisionist fiction and experimental fiction. Through Twelve Winters Press, which I founded in 2012, I've published a revised and expanded edition of my novel Men of Winter, the novel An Untimely Frost, the novelette Figures in Blue, the novella Weeping with an Ancient God, and the prismatic novel Crowsong for the Stricken. Twelve Winters publishes literary titles, fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. We've expanded to include the imprints Shining Hall (children's literature) and Maidenhead Hall (adult literature).

Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won: 
Flyleaf Journal Editors' Choice Reprint Award (2015). Top 25 Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Fiction Contest in Winter 2004/2005 for "Missing the Earth." Honorable Mention Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Fiction Open in Dec. 2007 for "Unnatural Deeds." Honorable Mention Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Fiction Open in Summer 2005 for "Nekuia" (aka "Communion with the Dead"). Honorable Mention Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Very Short Fiction Award in Winter 2002/03 for "An Alabaster Moon."

More Information

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Galesburg
Raised in: 
Galesburg, IL
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Last updated: Sep 28, 2018