Nancy Zafris is an American novelist and short story writer. She has won individual artist's grants, from the Massachusetts Arts Council, the

Greater Columbus Arts Council The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) is an arts organization in Columbus, Ohio. The council funds artists and organizations in Central Ohio, and hosts the annual Columbus Arts Festival. Building The Greater Columbus Arts Council office is the ...

, and the Ohio Arts Council. She was a senior Fulbright fellow, and taught at Masaryk University . She has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Centre College, and Ohio State University. Her work has appeared in ''Antioch Review'', ''Alaska Quarterly Review'', ''Black Warrior Review'', ''Story Quarterly'', and ''Wind''. She is the former fiction editor of ''Kenyon Review'' and series editor for the Flannery O'Connor award. She lives in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

Awards

* Two-time winner of the National Endowment for the Arts grant * 1990

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor. Established in 1983 to encourage young writers by bringi ...

, for ''The People I Know''

Works

*''"Travel"'' ''Smoke Long Quarterly'' *''The Metal Shredders'' BlueHen Books (2002) *''Lucky Strike'' Unbridled Books (2005) *''"After Lunch"'' ''Prairie Schooner'' Winter 2007 *''The People I Know'' University of Georgia Press, 2009,

References

External links

"Smoking With Nancy Zafris", ''SmokeLong Quarterly'', March 15, 2007"Interview with Nancy Zafris", ''Emerging Writers Forum''Kenyon Review
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