art by Ajay Vishwanathan
Cynthia Reeves has published across a wide range of forms, from prose poetry and flash fiction to the novella. Her most recent publications are the short story “Confession of the Ugly Girl” and the essay “Experimental Fiction Is Not Literature! and Other Myths About Nontraditional Fiction” in Waxwing IV (Fall 2104); “In the Deep Wood,” a contemporary fairy tale published in Booth (Fall 2014); and “The Punk Test,” found in the anthology of experimental prose Wreckage of Reason II (Spuyten Duyvil 2014). Her first book, Badlands (2008), won the Miami University Press Novella Prize. A graduate of Warren Wilson College’s M.F.A. program, Reeves teaches in Bryn Mawr College’s Creative Writing Program and in Rosemont College’s MFA Program.
In its third year, The March Micro Marathon will be, as usual, a prompt-a-day whirlwind for 24 days. You’ll exchange drafts of micro fiction, non-fiction, and prose poetry in small groups and gather for a series of online events (all recorded for participants unable to attend live). We’ll finish with 3 competitions, and participants who are not already in SmokeLong Fitness will be invited to workshop with SmokeLong Fitness until the end of April!