Colin Winnette is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet.

Early life and education

Winnette grew up in Denton, Texas. He attended the

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, where he earned an MFA in writing in 2012.

Career

Winnette's first novel, ''Revelation'', was published in 2011 by Mutable Sound Press while he was a graduate student. He has written five more works of fiction: ''Animal Collection'' (

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2012), ''Fondly'' (Atticus Books 2013), ''Coyote'' (Les Figues Press 2015),"Coyote"
''Publishers Weekly'' ''Haints Stay'' (

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2015), ''The Job of the Wasp'' (

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2018), and ''Users'' (

2023). Winnette's short stories, poetry, reviews and other compositions have appeared in various publications, including ''

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'', ''The American Reader'', ''

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'', ''Gulf Coast Magazine'', and ''

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''. He was the winner of Les Figues Press's 2013 NOS Book Contest, for his novel ''Coyote''. He also won the 2012

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's Short Short Fiction Award and Heavy Feather Review's Featured Chapbook Contest, and he was a finalist for the Cleveland State University Poetry Center's First Book Award and Gulf Coast Magazine's Donald Barthelme Prize."2012 Wabash Prize for Fiction results!"
''Sycamore Review''"The Barthelmew Prize for Short Prose"
''Gulf Coast Magazine''. His novels have been translated into Italian and French.

References

External links

*http://www.lesfigues.com/author/colin-winnette *https://web.archive.org/web/20140529093242/http://colinwinnette.net/stories {{DEFAULTSORT:Winnette, Colin People from Denton, Texas Writers from Texas School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni Living people 1984 births American male writers