M. Jennings

Fiction Writer

Oregon
US

Author's Bio

M. Jennings’s short stories have appeared in Hotel Amerika, Crab Orchard Review, Redwood Coast Review, Oregon Literary Review, and others. Her story, “The Pool at Chualteca,” published in The Adirondack Review, earned a recommended reading citation for best of the literary web from Dark Sky Magazine. She has taught composition and creative writing, and been awarded fiction residencies at Jentel, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, and MacDowell. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Mills College and a doctorate in American Literature from UC San Diego. She lives in Oregon.

Publications & Prizes

Journals: , ,
Crab Orchard Review
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Menda City Review
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Oregon Literary Review
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Redwood Coast Review
Prizes won: 

Residencies: Jentel, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Atlantic Center for the Arts, MacDowell

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Janet Frame, Margaret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, J. G. Ballard, Murakami, Colette

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
San Francisco
Raised in: 
San Francisco, CA
California
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Last update: Aug 13, 2025