Janet Towle divides her time between northern California, southern Arizona, and Portland, OR. She’s working on a collection of short stories and a novel. Find her on Twitter @janettowle.
Publications
New England Review, Summer 2018: “Modal Window”
Passages North, Spring 2018: "The Components of a Union"
New South, Spring 2017: "Chiriaco Summit," "Waxing," "Spectacle," "The Sonoran Semi-Arid"
Carve Magazine, Fall 2016: “And it is my fault”
Eleven Eleven, Issue 21: “Plumbed”
The Normal School, Fall 2015: “Lodestone & Weathervane”
Awards & Honors
Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, First Place, 2016
- judged by Caitlin Horrocks and awarded by Carve Magazine
LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Award, 2016
- judged by Stacey Richter and awarded by the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona
AWP Intro Awards in Nonfiction, Honorable Mention, 2016
Foundation Award in Fiction, 2015
- judged by Jennine Capó Crucet, awarded by the Creative Writing MFA Program at the University of Arizona
Foundation Award in Nonfiction, Runner-up, 2015
- judged by Phillip Lopate, awarded by the Creative Writing MFA Program at the University of Arizona