Pinckney Benedict's Blog

• My Story "The World, the Flesh, and the Devil" in IMAGE Number 57, just out

  April 10, 2008

  • My story “The World, the Flesh, and the Devil” is in the current issue (#57) of IMAGE: Art, Faith, Mystery, along wi

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• Vignette VS Story: The Apocalyptic Arc

  March 30, 2008

  • One of the most frequent critiques I make of the work of my writing students is that they're not writing stories, they're writin

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• SURREAL SOUTH 09 anthology now accepting submissions

  March 26, 2008

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• My story "Bridge of Sighs" selected for NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH: BEST OF 2008

  March 24, 2008

  • I recently learned that the terrific ZZ Packer, who is the editor of New Stories from the South: Best of 2008 from Algonquin Books, has chosen my story "Bridge of Sighs" for inclusion i

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• Jake Mahaffy, WELLNESS, the South by Southwest Film Festival, and the Best Narrative Feature Jury Award

  March 12, 2008

  • Earlier today, I received a phone message from my friend and former Hollins colleague Jake Mahaffy - about another subject altogether, a project on which we’re working together - in which he ment

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• Letter to a Student About to Enter the Queens University Low-Residency MFA Program, Best Blogs 2008

  March 3, 2008

  • Since I haven't blogged about writing in this space yet - too busy touting my own work - I thought I'd post something today that I wrote to a f

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• Plattner Award for Fiction in Appalachian Heritage 2007

  March 1, 2008

  • I recently received the following pleasant email from none other than Good George Brosi, editor of the excellen

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• Bloomsbury Review praises SURREAL SOUTH anthology

  February 29, 2008

  • The January/February 2008 number of the invaluable Bloomsbury Review carries a very nice notice - written by Mark Budma

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• THE OTHER CHEKHOV from New American Press available now

  February 28, 2008

  • I have received my copies of The Other Chekhov, an anthology of Chekhov's short stories compiled by Kyle Minor and Continue Reading » 2 Comments