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Patricia Engel | "The Bridge"
Patricia Engel reads from "The Bridge," about a father who throws his young son off Miami's Rickenbacker causeway.
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Patricia Engel | "The Bridge"
In this recording from the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar, Patricia Engel reads from her short story, "The Bridge," about a father who throws his child off Miami's Rickenbacker bridge.
Entries from L I T T O R A L | the journal of the Key West Literary Seminar tagged with 'Patricia Engel'
KWLS Scholar Engel Inks 2-Book Deal
We are delighted to learn that Patricia Engel has signed a two-book deal with New York-based publishing house Grove/Atlantic. The winner of our 2009 <a href="http://www.kwls.org/lit/pages/scholarships.cfm">Marianne Russo Scholarship</a>, Engel tells us to look for <em>Vida</em>, her debut collection of short stories, in the Fall of 2010. A novel, as yet untitled, will follow. You can read Engel's work online in<em> </em><em><a href="http://www.guernicamag.com/fiction/958/da/">Guernica</a></em>, <em><a href="http://slicemagazine.org/story_engel.php" target="_blank">Slice</a></em>, and <em>Boston Review </em>(<a href="http://bostonreview.net/BR32.4/article_engel.php" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://bostonreview.net/BR33.3/engel.php" target="_blank">here</a>). <em>Vida</em>'s title story, about a Colombian girl who is trafficked into prostitution in Miami, is in print in <em>Harpur Palate</em> <a href="http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/hpvol81.html" target="_blank">8.1</a>. Check back here soon for a recording of Engel's reading at our 28th Seminar.
Scholarships Awarded to 3 Writers
We are delighted to announce the winners of our three named scholarships. Martha Otis has received the Joyce Horton Johnson Fiction Award; Patricia Engel has won the Marianne Russo Scholarship; and April Puciata has been awarded the Scotti Merrill Memorial Scholarship. <br /><br /> The annual scholarships are given by the Key West Literary Seminar to recognize excellence in a manuscript submission from a new or emerging writer. They provide full tuition to our 2009 Seminar and writers' workshop program, as well as financial support for travel, lodging, and living expenses while in Key West. We are sincerely grateful to Joyce Johnson, The Dogwood Foundation, and The Rodel Charitable Foundation-Florida for the endowments which will continue to make these scholarships possible for years to come.
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