Lydia Gwyn

Fiction Writer

Watuaga, TN

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Website:

lydiagwyn.wordpress.com/

Author's Bio

Lydia Copeland Gwyn's stories and poems have appeared in Elm Leaves Journal, F(r)iction, New World Writing, The Florida Review, Glimmer Train, Gone Lawn, SmokeLong Quarterly, Appalachian Heritage, and elsewhere. She is the author of You'll Never Find Another (Matter Press, 2021) and Tiny Doors (Another New Calligraphy, 2018).

Education:

University of Southern Mississippi MA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Dzanc Best of the Web (Dzanc Books, 2010)

Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction (Rose Metal Press, 2009)

Books:

You'll Never Find Another (Matter Press, 2021)

Tiny Doors (Another New Calligraphy, 2018)

Prizes won:

Glimmer Train Magazine's Emerging Writer's Contest, 1st place (2004)
Wigleaf Top 50 (2008, 2009, & 2010)
Florida Review's Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award, 2nd place (2014)
Glimmer Train Flash Fiction Top 25 (2015)
Pushcart Prize Nomination (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Tazewell, TN

Tennessee

Raised in:

Cumberland Gap, TN

Tennessee

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Last update: Oct 26, 2021