Chad Simpson is a short and

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author from

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. He is the winner of the 2012 John Simmons Short Fiction Award, juried by

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. His short story collection, "Tell Everyone I Said Hi," was published by the

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in fall 2012. He has written numerous stories that have appeared in multiple literary magazines. His flash story " Let x" won the second annual Micro Award in 2009. " Let x" originally appeared in Esquire.com. Simpson earned a

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from

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in 1998 and a M.F.A. from

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in 2005. He also is the author of a chapbook, "Phantoms," published in April 2010 by Origami Zoo Press. He is currently an associate professor of English at Knox College in

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, where he received the college's distinguished teaching award in 2010.

References

External links

Chad Simpson's Official Website

Chad Simpson, Professor of English at Knox College
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