Ellen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris is the author of Beware the Tall Grass, winner of the Donald L. Jordan Award for Literary Excellence, judged by Lan Samantha Chang, published by CSU Press. She is also the author of Lost Girls: Short Stories, winner of the Pencraft Award and finalist for the Clara Johnson, IAN and Best Book awards. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, and South Carolina Review, among other journals. She is a winner of the Bevel Summers Prize for short fiction. Morris is a recipient of an Al Smith Fellowship for her fiction from the Kentucky Arts Council. Morris is also the author of Abide and Surrender, poetry chapbooks. Her poetry has appeared in The Clackamas Literary Review, Juked, Gastronomica, and Inscape, among other journals, and in eight anthologies. Morris won top prize in the 2008 Binnacle Ultra-Short Edition and was a finalist for the 2019 and 2020 Rita Dove Poetry Prize. Her poem “Abide” was featured on NPR’s A Way with Words. Her essays have appeared in Newsweek, AARP’s The Ethel, Oh Reader magazine, and on National Public Radio. Morris holds an MFA in creative writing from Queens University-Charlotte. https://www.ellenbirkettmorris.com/
Tayari Jones Teaches to Honor Your Practice

Tayari Jones Teaches to Honor Your Practice

Aug 27, 2011 | ,

  Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones Buy this Book at Amazon.com   An exclusive Authorlink interview With Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow and other works By Ellen Birkett Morris September 2011 Tayari Jones tells her students in the MFA program...

Sandra Worth Encourages Writers Follow Your Passion

Sandra Worth Encourages Writers Follow Your Passion

Jul 29, 2011 | ,

  Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth Buy this Book at Amazon.com   An exclusive Authorlink interview With Sandra Worth author of Pale Rose of England and others   By Ellen Birkett Morris August 2011 The well known adage “write what you know” might be...