Carolynne Scott

Fiction Writer

Birmingham, AL
Alabama US

Author's Bio

My writing life has been enhanced by teaching adults at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1982 until 2004, and the Homewood Senior Center, 2004 to the present.I am currently working on a novel -- a murder mystery in the world of ballroom dancing.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Alalitcom (Alabama Writers Conclave, 2011)
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Her Solo (Northwoods Anthology, 2006)
,
Belles' Letters (Livingston University Press, 1999)
Book:
The Green & the Burning Alike (Portals Press, 1994)
Journals: ,
Flannery O'Connor Bulletin
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Noccalula
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Outerbridge
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Short Story International
, ,
The Birmingham Arts Journal
,
The Distillery
Prizes won: 

National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Fellowship,1978; Hackney Literary Prize for Short Stories, 1969, 1971,1974,1976,1979,2013; Scope Literary Competition, 1967;Faux Flannery Prize, Georgia College, 1994; Pell City Pens Short Story Award for Adults, 2008; Alabama Writers Conclave, short story, 2002, 2011; poetry, 2011 and 2013 published in Alalitcom.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
Birmingham
Raised in: 
Birmingham, AL
Alabama
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Last update: Oct 16, 2016