Conor Robin Madigan

Fiction Writer

Evanston, IL
Illinois US
Website: 
sites.google.com/site/conorrobin…

Author's Bio

Conor Robin Madigan is the author of Cut Up (The Republic of Letters Books, 2011), and several short stories. He lives and works in Evanston, Illinois. His stories have won the Rick Demarinis Prize and have been featured in several anthologies, including The Saturday Evening Post's Great American Fiction Athology. Most recently, Contrary Magazine published "At the place of the rapids", a short story.

Education: 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Ragdale

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Taking Liberties (Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts, 2024)
,
Great American Fiction Contest (Saturday Evening Post Society, 2020)
,
30<30 (Starcherone Books, 2011)
Book:
Cut Up (The Republic of Letters Books, 2011)
Journals:
Anemone Sidecar
,
Charles River Journal
,
Contrary
,
Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts
,
Ekleksographia
,
Elimae
,
Fiction At Work
,
Ginosko Literary Journal
,
Horla
,
Lamination Colony
,
Lit Up Magazine
,
Moon City Review
,
Mud Luscious
,
New York Tyrant
,
News From The Republic Of Letters
,
No Colony
,
OCHO
,
Pif Magazine
,
SmokeLong Quarterly
,
Storyglossia
,
The Corduroy Mtn.
,
The Fortnightly Review
,
Wigleaf
,
Willows Wept Review
Prizes won: 

Rick Demarinis Contest 2023

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Mishima, Nabokov, McDermott, Steinbeck, Cormac McCarthy, Desai (both), Milton, O'Connor, Hawthorne, Melville, Kawabata, Franzen, Larry McMurtry, Oakley Hall, Iain McGilchrist, Eric Schlosser, Ibuse, Paula Fox, Muriel Spark, Richard G. Stern, Tolkien, Singer,
What I'm reading now: 
Warlock by Oakley Hall, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, German American, Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Atlanta, GA
Georgia
Raised in: 
Evanston, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Dec 06, 2025