C. Adán Cabrera

Fiction Writer

Barcelona
Spain
ES
Email: 
cadancabrera@gmail.com
Website: 
www.cadancabrera.net
Twitter/X: 
@cadancabrera

Author's Bio

C. ADÁN CABRERA is a Salvadoran-American writer and translator based in Barcelona, Spain. Among other publication credits, Carlos’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, The Adroit Journal, Carve Magazine, Kweli, Barrelhouse, The Acentos Review, Digging Through the Fat, and more. His writing explores the complex intersections of race, class and sexuality.

A 2024 Adroit Journal Veasna So Scholar in Fiction and 2nd place winner of the 2020 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, his work has also received support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Kenyon Review Writers' Workshop, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Tin House, and the Lambda Literary Foundation. Carlos holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and a bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Carlos is hard at work on his collection of short stories.

Education: 
University of San Francisco MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Sewanee Writers’ Conference
Tin House Summer Workshop

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021)
,
From Macho to Mariposa: New Gay Latino Fiction. (Lethe Press, 2011)
Book:
Books Can Only Take You So Far (FlowerSong Press, 2022)
Journals:
Acentos Review
,
Adroit Journal
,
Barrelhouse
,
Carve Magazine
,
Digging Through the Fat
,
Kweli Journal
,
The Rumpus
Prizes won: 

– Katharine Bakeless Nason Participant Scholarship in Fiction, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2024.
– Adroit Journal Veasna So Scholar in Fiction, 2024.
– Randall Kenan Scholarship in Fiction, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, 2023.
– 1st place winner, Rigel 2021 Literary Prize, 2021.
– Finalist, Digging Press Chapbook Competition. 2021.
– 2nd place, Carve Magazine Raymond Carver Short Story Contest. 2020.

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Favorite authors: 
Toni Morrison, Jhumpa Lahiri, Randall Kenan, Junot Díaz, Edwidge Danticat, Sandra Cisneros, Lewis Buzbee, Sinéad Gleeson, Tananarive Due, Faith Adiele

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, BIPOC, Hispanic, Latino/Latina/Latinx, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French, Spanish
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
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Last update: Aug 04, 2024