F I C T I O N
THE STATE OF THINGS – Briar Cliff Review, print, forthcoming April 2023,
• 25 rejections
• winner, Briar Cliff Review Fiction Prize
♦ soundtrack: “Hands” – Ms. John Soda; “Hoppípolla” – Sigur Rós
DYNAMITE – North Dakota Quarterly, Issue 88.1/2 (print and online), June 2021
• 82 rejections
• finalist, Puerto del Sol Prose Contest, 2020
• semifinalist, Carve Magazine Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, 2018 (under previous title, “And it Went On and On”)
• semifinalist, American Short Fiction Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize, 2018 (under previous title, “And it Went On and On”)
♦ soundtrack: “To Build a Home” – The Cinematic Orchestra; “Doll Parts” – Hole; “Intro” – The XX
OTHER CHILDHOOD REBELLIONS – Passages North, Issue 42 (print and online), February 2021
• 3 rejections
• finalist, Passages North Neutrino Short-Short Prize, 2020
♦ soundtrack: “Modern Girl” – Sleater-Kinney
EARTHQUAKE GIRLS – SmokeLong Quarterly, Issue 65, July 2019
• 7 rejections
♦ soundtrack: “Warrior” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs; “Waiting for a Superman” (cover) – Iron & Wine; “Flowers in December” – Mazzy Star
GIRL WITH ALL THE HANDS – Jellyfish Review, Issue 44, May 2019
• 3 rejections
♦ soundtrack: “The Passenger” – Iggy Pop; “Four Teeth” – True Widow; “O Children” – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
REPRISE – LitMag Online, July 2018
– 12 rejections
• nominated, PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, 2019
♦ soundtrack: “Okkervil River RIP” – Okkervil River
JAYNE S. WILSON 