Joseph Ponepinto

Fiction Writer

Gig Harbor, WA

Washington US

Email:

joeponepinto@gmail.com

Website:

otnipenop.substack.com/

Author's Bio

Writer and editor. Author of the novels Mr. Neutron and Curtain Calls. Founder and Publisher of Orca, A Literary Journal (2019-2025) and Tahoma Literary Review (2013-2016).

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

2 Bridges Review

Apalachee Review

Bacopa Literary Review

Bull: Men's Fiction

Chaffin Journal

Connotation Press

Fiction Fix

Fugue

Los Angeles Review

Lumina

Midwest Literary Magazine

Mixed Fruit

New Plains Review

Palimpsest

Passager

Prick of the Spindle

Prime Mincer

Soundings Review

Stymie Magazine

Summerset Review

The Lifted Brow (Australia)

The Stockholm Review of Literature

The Stoneslide Corrective

Tiferet Journal

Valparaiso Fiction Review

Vestal Review

Prizes won:

Winner of the 2011 Springfed Arts Writers Contest (Michigan) in fiction. Finalist in Black Lawrence Press’s 2011 St. Lawrence Book Award contest for a short story collection. Midwest Literary Magazine Distinction Award for Fiction, June 2011

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American, White

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Disability, Incarcerated Individuals, LGBTQ, Seniors, Veterans

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

New York City

Raised in:

Bohemia, NY

New York

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Last update: May 15, 2025