Corrina Wycoff
| Corrina Wycoff | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | O Street |
Corrina Wycoff is an American writer, best known for her 2007 short story collection, O Street. The book was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction in 2007.[1]
Profile
The following appears in O Street:
Corrina Wycoff’s fiction and essays have appeared in Other Voices, New Letters, Coal City Review, The Oregon Quarterly, Brainchild, Out of Line, Golden Handcuffs, and the anthologies Best Essays Northwest and The Clear Cut Future. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon, and an MA in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She lives with her son Asher in Seattle, Washington, and teaches English and writing at Pierce College.[2]
Awards and honors
In 1999 Wycoff won the second annual Heartland Short Fiction Prize for her stories "Afterbirth" and "Visiting Mrs. Ferullo," and "Afterbirth" was subsequently published in New Letters magazine.[3][4] Wycoff was a recipient of the John L. and Naomi Luvaas Graduate Fellowship from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon in 2000.[5] Wycoff was also a 2003 recipient of a Hugo House Award, which honors writers in the Seattle community and is named for American poet Richard Hugo.[6] Her poem "Rita" was chosen in 2004 for Seattle's Poetry on Buses program, which displays poetry on interior bus placards.[7] In 2007, her short story collection O Street was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction.[1]
Works
- O Street (short story collection), OV Books (2007)[2]
- "O Street" (short story), Other Voices magazine (Fall/Winter 2006),[8] Golden Handcuffs Review (Summer/Fall 2006)[9] and O Street (2007)[2]
- "The Shell Game" (short story), Coal City Review (2006)[10] and O Street (2007)[2]
- "Rita" (poem), Seattle Poetry on Buses program (2004)[7][11]
- "Another Oregon Trail" (essay), Best Essays Northwest (2003)[12][13]
- "The Adjunct" (short story), The Clear Cut Future (2003)[14][15]
- "Rebecca" (short story), Other Voices magazine (Fall/Winter 2002)[16]
- "Visiting Mrs. Ferullo" (short story), Heartland Short Fiction Prize (1999),[3] published in O Street (2007)[2]
- "Afterbirth" (short story), Heartland Short Fiction Prize (1999), published in New Letters (1999)[3][4] and O Street (2007),[2] and excerpted in Oregon Quarterly (2007)[17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gonzalez, Antonio (April 30, 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards: Recipients and Finalists". LambdaLiterary.org. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Wycoff, Corrina (2007). O Street. OV Books. ISBN 0-9767177-2-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "1999 Award winners: New Letters Heartland Short Fiction Prize". Poets & Writers. March 1999. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wycoff, Corrina (1999). "Afterbirth". New Letters 65 (2): 139. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Standout Scholars 2000". CAS.UOregon.edu. 2000. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ "2003 Hugo and Founders Awards". HugoHouse.org. 2003. Archived from the original on February 23, 2004. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Poetry on Buses". Metro Online. 2002. Archived from the original on December 4, 2002. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2006). "O Street". Other Voices 45. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2006). "O Street". Golden Handcuffs Review 1 (7).
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2006). "The Shell Game". Coal City Review 21. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2004). "Rita". Metro Online. Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2003). "Another Oregon Trail". Best Essays Northwest. University of Oregon Press. ISBN 978-0871143037.
- ↑ Jackson, Rachel (March 1, 2004). Reading for — and about — a rainy day. High Country News. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2003). "The Adjunct". The Clear Cut Future. Clear Cut Press. pp. 210–239. ISBN 978-0972323413.
- ↑ Stuivenga, Will (November 30, 2011). "Between the Lines: Washington State Library Blog". Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2002). "Rebecca". Other Voices 37. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ Wycoff, Corrina (2007). "Labor and Management" (PDF). Oregon Quarterly 86 (3): 15–16. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
External links
- "Corrina Wycoff: The Gift of Heresy (Audio interview)". Jack Straw Writers Program. August 2, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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