Seth Clabough (born 1975) is an American fiction writer and author of the novel '' All Things Await'', which was nominated for the 2017

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Literary Award for Fiction. Clabough was born in

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in 1975, grew up on a farm in

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, and has lived in

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, and the UK. Clabough's work has been published in anthologies, journals, and magazines ranging from '' Blackbird: an online journal of literature & the arts'' and ''

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'' magazine to ''

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'' and ''New Writing: the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing''. He has literary representation throug
Inkwell Management
in New York and currently works at

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as an English professor and Director of the Communication Center after holding similar positions at Sweet Briar College and

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Nominations and awards

*''Ploughshares'' - National 'Best Short Story of the Week' selection ("Und So Weiter") 2017 *Smokelong ''Quarterly'' - Editor's Selection ("Story with a Gallinule's Wing in it") 2017 *''Queen's Ferry Press Award'' - Editor Nominated 2016 *''Best of the Net 2016'' - Editor Nominated 2016 *''Alternating Current'' - Luminaire Award for Best Prose ("It Won't Always Be Like This") 2015 *''storySouth -'' Million Writer Award: Notable Story ("To Become Immortal") 2015 *Luigi Bonomi & Associates (London) - LBA Prize for Fiction (UWA)

Education

*University of Wales, Aberystwyth (PhD) *University of South Carolina (MA) *Randolph-Macon College (BA)

References

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