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Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Public address:

Barcelona

Spain

ES

Email:

cadancabrera@gmail.com

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.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

French

Spanish

Favorite authors:

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

Twitter/X:

@cadancabrera

Born in:

Los Angeles, CA

California

Raised in:

Los Angeles, CA

California

Website:

https://www.cadancabrera.net [2]

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.

Education:

University of San Francisco

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Tin House Summer Workshop

Identifies as:

American

BIPOC

Hispanic

Latino/Latina/Latinx

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any