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Lydia Gwyn [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Watuaga, TN
Tennessee US
Email: 
squidlyd@gmail.com
Bio: 

Lydia Copeland Gwyn's stories and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Best Microfiction 2024, 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). 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Tazewell, TN
Tennessee
Raised in: 
Cumberland Gap, TN
Tennessee
Website: 
https://lydiagwyn.wordpress.com/ [2]
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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Education: 
University of Southern Mississippi
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/node/1078585

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/node/1078585 [2] https://lydiagwyn.wordpress.com/