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Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Public address:

Louisville, KY

Kentucky US

Bio:

Peter J. Stavros is a writer and playwright in Louisville, Kentucky, and the author of three short story collections--Three in the Morning and You Don't Smoke Anymore, (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village, and All The Things She Says--and the novella, Tryouts. His debut novel, The Thing About My Uncle, was released on August 20, 2024 from BHC Press. A former reporter for the Associated Press, his work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, journals and anthologies, including The Saturday Evening Post, The Boston Globe Magazine and Chicken Soup for the Soul. In addition to fiction, Peter writes creative non-fiction and essays. His plays have been produced across the country, and as far away as Zambia, garnering Audience Favorite accolades at various festivals. Peter earned a BA in English from Duke University, where he received the prestigious Newman Ivey White Award for Fiction, and studied creative writing on a graduate level at Emerson College and Harvard University.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Twitter/X:

@PeterJStavros

Born in:

New York City (Queens), NY

New York

RSS feed:

https://peterjstavros.medium.com/ [2]

Website:

https://peterjstavros.com [3]

Prizes won:

Honorable Mention, Short Fiction, Literary LEO, 2024 ("Dead Rock Stars"); Honorable Mention, Short Fiction, Literary LEO, 2021 ("The Girl With Bags Under Her Eyes"); Winner, Etchings Press 2020 Book Prize for a Chapbook of Prose ("Three in the Morning and You Don't Smoke Anymore"); Finalist, 2020 Trifecta Competition, Iron Horse Literary Review (“Tryouts”); Audience Choice Winner, 2020 One Act Festival of New Works, M.T. Pockets Theatre, Morgantown, WV (“Geese”); Audience Choice Winner, 2019 8x10 TheatreFest, Weathervane Playhouse, Akron, OH (“Resisting”); Audience Favorite, 2019 Festival of Shorts, B3 Theater, Phoenix, AZ (“Squirrels in a Knothole”); Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, Literary LEO, 2019 (“Geese”); Finalist, The Atlas Review 2019 Chapbook Series (“The Sadie Stories”); Runner-Up, 2019 Gambling the Aisle Chapbook Competition ("The Sadie Stories"); Audience Favorite, 2018 Ten-Tucky Festival, The Bard’s Town Theatre, Louisville, KY (“PMA and the Beast”); Semi-Finalist, The Florida Review, 2018 Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award ("The Sadie Stories"); Top 5 Finalist, Ten Minute Play Festival, Durango (CO) Arts Center, 2017 ("Good Things"); Audience Choice Winner, Festival of Ten, The College at Brockport - SUNY, 2017 ("Squirrels in a Knothole"); Third Place, Flash Fiction, Literary LEO, 2016 (“Anniversary”); Finalist, Editor’s Prize, New Fiction, Fiction Southeast, 2015 (“Sadie Says We Have to Leave”); Third Place, Short Fiction, Literary LEO, 2015 (“Snow Day”)