Alma Garcia
Alma García (born 1970) is an American novelist and short story writer. University of Arizona Press published her debut novel, All That Rises, on October 17, 2023.
Life
[edit]Alma García grew up in El Paso, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. She graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Arts in 1993, and from the University of Arizona with an MFA in 1999. She has worked as journalist and editor, construction worker, and bookseller, and is currently a fiction instructor, manuscript consultant, and artist coach based in Seattle, Washington.
Her short fiction has appeared as a part of the University of Washington's School of Art, Art History and Design's Data Epics project; in phoebe, Kweli Journal, Duende, Bluestem, Enizagam, Narrative Magazine, Passages North, and Boulevard,[1] and also as a contributor in the anthologies, Puro Chicanx Literature of the 21st Century and Roadside Curiosities: Stories of American Pop Culture.
Awards
[edit]- 2014 Enizagam Literary Award in Fiction finalist
- 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program fellow[2]
- 2007 Narrative Prize[3]
- 2007 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award[4][5]
- 2005 Waasmode Fiction Prize finalist, Passages North
- 2004 Dana Award in Short Fiction
- 2000 Winner, Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers, Boulevard
Works
[edit]- All That Rises, novel. Forthcoming Oct 17, 2023, Camino del Sol/University of Arizona Press.
- Hi! How Can I Help? Severance Ghost Riders The Who and the You The Data Epics project, Studio Tilt, School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington, 2021-2022
- “"Severance",” (from The Data Epics) phoebe. Winter 2022.
- "The Brown Invasion," novel excerpt from All That Rises. Puro Chicanx Literature of the 21st Century. Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts in collaboration with the Black Earth Institute. Winter 2020.
- "Before He Rises,” Kweli Journal, December 2015.
- “Pearl,” Duende. Spring 2015.
- “Luck,” Bluestem. Spring 2015.
- “Harvest,” Enizagam. 2014.
- "The Great Beyond," Roadside Curiosities: Stories of American Pop Culture. August 2014, University of Leipzig/Picador.
- "Shallow Waters," (excerpt, audio recording), Narrative Magazine. Winter, 2010.
- "Letter to El Mateo". Narrative Magazine. Winter 2007.
- "Truly," Passages North. Winter/Spring 2005
- "The Great Beyond". Narrative Magazine. Winter 2005.
- "Neverland," Boulevard, Fall 2000.
References
[edit]- ^ "Authors". 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Writers Program".
- ^ "Alma García | Narrative Magazine". Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ http://diverseeducation.com/article/10529/latina-wins-2007-rona-jaffe-award.html[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]
- "Shallow Waters", An Audio Reading, Narrative Magazine
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