Michelle Wright Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Short Fiction Prize
It’s so hard to create a world and draw living characters and make the reader feel something, all in just a few short pages–“Moon Shiny Night” did all of this beautifully. Without even naming the characters I felt connected to these girls, felt their brief, wondrous connection to the old man next door–and I ached, knowing it would all be over, and the old man would be left alone. —Vanessa Diffenbaugh,...
Denise Leto Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Poetry Prize
I love the play of the biological, anatomical, and marine references and the mixed references to geography and Christianity with the most subtle eroticism, “writing notes with her other hand: desire.” For the poem is desire, and is sometimes the fulfillment of desire. But also end, loss, death as the body gives itself back to where it was born–perhaps. –Cheryl Clarke, Fall 2014 Orlando Poetry Finalist Judge...
Pam Houston: Orlando Creative Nonfiction Judge
“I was just working hard to unearth the things that wanted expression inside me, and I had no idea anyone would care about my river running/sheep hunting/cowboy chasing stories, but they did.”—Pam Houston AROHO is pleased to announce Pam Houston as the finalist Creative Nonfiction judge for the Spring 2015 Orlando Prizes. We asked Pam the following questions about her own writing and her advice for women writers: ...
Aimee Liu: Orlando Short Fiction Judge
“Our culture trains women to relinquish power over their own body image to others; too often women see themselves only as they think – or are told – others see them. If and when women can own their own sense of their bodies, including the pleasure and comfort and strength and wisdom that their bodies supply, then a positive relationship between body image and creativity can flourish.”—Aimee Liu AROHO is pleased to announce...
Tara C. Allred
Tara C. Allred is an award-winning author, instructional designer, and educator. She has been recognized as a California Scholar of the Arts for Creative Writing and is a recipient of the Howey awards for Best Adult Book and Best Adult Author. Her published works include Sanders’ Starfish, Unauthored Letters, and The Other Side of Quiet. She is also the founder of the Other Side of Quiet online creative writing group at...
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