Publications

FICTION

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

CHEAP POP

Things That Need to Go by Melissa Bowers

THINGS THAT NEED TO GO

Lunate

flash fiction competition, 2nd place

The Acquittal by Melissa Bowers

THE ACQUITTAL

Breakwater Review

Winner of the 2020 Breakwater Fiction Prize, chosen by Susanna Kaysen

Sometimes a Guardrail is Missing by Melissa Bowers

SOMETIMES A GUARDRAIL IS MISSING

Barren Magazine

shortlisted for the 2019 Flash Fiction Prize

Gag Order by Melissa Bowers

GAG ORDER

Bending Genres

Queen of Hearts by Melissa Bowers

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Pithead Chapel

Larry Brown Short Story Award, 3rd place

A Collection of Cells by Melissa Bowers

A COLLECTION OF CELLS

Pithead Chapel

Larry Brown Short Story Award, 2nd place

Non-Exhaustive List of Ways to Leave and Be Lost by Melissa Bowers

A NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF WAYS TO LEAVE AND BE LOST

Pidgeonholes, forthcoming

Grown-Ups Also Lie: Three Micros by Melissa Bowers

GROWN-UPS ALSO LIE: THREE MICROS

Fractured Lit, forthcoming

Masquerade by Melissa Bowers

MASQUERADE

SmokeLong Quarterly, forthcoming

NONFICTION

Sign Language Connects My Children to Their Grandmother by Melissa Bowers

SIGN LANGUAGE CONNECTS MY CHILDREN TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER

The Boston Globe Magazine

Balancing Blocks by Melissa Bowers

BALANCING BLOCKS

The Writer

Winner of the 2017 Personal Essay Contest

 

FINALIST:
HONORABLE MENTION:
  • 2020 – Writer’s Digest 89th Annual Writing Competition, Mainstream/Literary category
 
 
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