Jimmy Carl Harris
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CREATIVE WRITING    

All are short fiction unless otherwise noted
 
Updated 24 June 2008

 

Books

 

Wounds That Bind.  A Collection of Short Stories.  Published by Iris Press, 2007.  Contents.

 

Walking Wounded.  A Collection of Short Stories.  Published by Iris Press, 2006.  Contents.

 

Prizes and Individual Publications

 

Kaiten. Honorable Mention First Chapter of a Novel Award of the Green River Writers, May, 2008.

 

Colores de Mayo. Winner of a Tennessee Mountain Writers Short Story Award, March, 2007.

 

Dying to See the Giraffe. Winner of a Short Fiction Prize, presented by the Green River Writers, November, 2006.

 

Significant Others.  Honorable Mention in the Short Fiction Contest of the Green River Writers, November, 2006.

 

Keeper of the Vessel. Winner of a Spruill Award, presented by the Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2006. Winner of a Tennessee Mountain Writers Short Story Award, April, 2006. Winner of a Short Fiction Prize, presented by the Green River Writers, November, 2005.

 

From Out of Left Field. Published in Nine, Spring, 2005. Winner of a Short-Short Fiction Prize, presented by the Green River Writers, September, 2004. Finalist in a New Millennium Writings Competition, July, 2000. Winner of the Short Story Contest of Inspiration for Writers, September, 1999. Finalist for Short Story Competition of Quoth the Raven Literary Review, June, 1999.

Three Articles on Writing (Jump Start Your Muse; Welcome to the Writers' World; Show, Don't Tell). Published in Beginnings in 2004 or 2005.

Strip Pit. Published in Confluence, Fall, 2004. Winner of a prize in the Southwest Writers Short Fiction Contest, August, 2000.

 

Hot and Sunny On the FourthPublished in Byline, July, 2004. Winner of First Place in the Alabama Writers' Conclave  Short Fiction Contest, August, 2003. Winner of First Prize in the ByLine Magazine Short Story Contest, August, 2003.

 

Rolling Salvation. Published in Appalachian Heritage, Spring, 2004. Honorable Mention for a Plattner Award, given by Appalachian Heritage, March, 2005. Winner of a First Place Tennessee Mountain Writers Short Story Award, April, 2003. Winner of a Hackney Literary Award presented at the Writing Today Conference at Birmingham-Southern College, March, 2001. Honorable Mention in the Short Fiction Contest of the Appalachian Writers Association, July, 2002. Semifinalist for a Dana Award in Short Fiction, April, 2001.

 

Smoking At the Ritz. Winner of a Short-Short Fiction Prize, presented by the Green River Writers, January, 2004.

 

Malfunction Junction. Winner of a First Place Harriette Arnow Award of the Appalachian Writers Association, July, 2001.

 

Where Sin Lies. Winner of a prize in the ByLine Magazine Short Story Contest, August, 2003. Winner of the Cappy Award for Southern Literary Fiction presented by Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2001. Winner of First Place in the Alabama Writers' Conclave Short Story Contest, August, 2001.

Yard Sale. Winner of a First Place Spruill Award, presented by the Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2003.

 

It's All In the Meaning of Yap. Winner of a First Place Jarvis Humor Award presented by  Southeastern Writers Association , June, 2003. Under the title Across the Street from Sugarbee's, Winner of First Place in the Alabama Writers' Conclave Humor Contest, August, 2001. Finalist for a Dana Award in Literary/Mainstream Short Fiction, April, 2000.

 

Sons of Ebenezer. Winner of a prize (as a novel-in-progress) presented by the  Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2003. Under the title Sons of Zion. Winner of the Cappy Award for Southern Literary Fiction presented by the Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2002. Under the title Old No. 19. Winner of a prize in the WriteSpot Short Story Competition (Australia), June, 2000, and published in Briefs, an anthology. Finalist in the Southwest Writers Short Fiction Contest, August, 2000.

 

The Communists of My Youth. Published in The Louisville Review, Spring, 2003. Winner of a Hackney Literary Award presented at the Writing Today Conference at Birmingham-Southern College, March, 2003.

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Dark Dancing. Winner of a Short Story Prize, April, 2003 and published (on-line) in Serpentine. Honorable Mention in the short fiction contest of the Appalachian Writers Association, July, 2003.

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Christmas At the Soccer Stadium (a nonfiction essay). Winner of a First Place Tennessee Mountain Writers Inspirational Essay Award, April, 2003. Winner of the Dickens Award presented by the Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2002. Winner of First Place in the Alabama Writers' Conclave Personal Essay Contest, August, 2002.
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McGee the Inconsequent. Winner of a First Place Spruill Award, presented by the Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2002. Honorable Mention in the ByLine Magazine Short Story Contest, May, 2001.
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Mesa Roja (a poem). Honorable Mention in the Poetry Contest of the Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2002.

 

Small Reward. Published in Appalachian Heritage, Spring, 2002. Winner of a prize in the Alabama Writers' Conclave Short Story Contest, August, 2000.  Winner of first place in the ByLine Magazine Short-Short Story Contest, June, 2000. A short version of this story was published in Tea Time Tales by Readers' World (Australia), 2000.
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Life Force. Winner of The Anderson Award and Winner of a First Place Spruill Award, both presented by Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2001. Published in Byline Magazine, September, 2001.
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The Smokehouse. Winner of a prize (as a novel-in-progress) presented by Southeastern Writers Association, June, 2001. Winner of a Literary Short Story Award presented by Byline Magazine, July, 1999. Quarter-Finalist in the New Century Writer Awards, July, 1999. Finalist for James Fellowship for the Novel in Progress of The Heekin Group Foundation, May, 1999. Winner of a Hackney Literary Award presented at the Writing Today Conference at Birmingham-Southern College, March, 1999.

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The Wandalynne Flash. Winner of Short Story First Prize and published in Beginnings, Summer, 2001.
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Posters. Published in The Tulane Review, Spring, 2001. Winner of a Hackney Literary Award presented at the Writing Today Conference at Birmingham-Southern College, April, 2000. Winner of a Short Story Prize and published (on-line) in  Serpentine, April, 2000. Finalist  in Short Story Contest of Inspiration for Writers, September, 1999.
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Kindness for a Contender. Published in WordWrights (USA), September, 2000 and was published in Winter Warmers by Readers' World (Australia), 2001. Winner of a Short Story Prize and published (on-line) by Serpentine  (USA) April, 1999.
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The Principles of WarFinalist in a New Millennium Writings Competition, May, 2000. Finalist and Honorable Mention in the WriteSpot Short Story Competition (Australia), December, 1999.

Philly, No Loose Ends. Published (on-line) in Electric Acorn (Republic of Ireland), March, 2000.
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Fatback (The first episode of The Smokehouse). Finalist in Short Story Contest of Inspiration for Writers, September, 1999. Honorable Mention in the Alabama Writers' Conclave Short Fiction Contest, August, 2002.  

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