Anthony Varallo (born June 12, 1970) is an author and professor of English at the

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Biography

Anthony Varallo was born and raised in

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. He attended the

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where he received a

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in both English and History in 1992. In 1997 he graduated from the

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with an MFA. He met his wife, writer Malinda McCollum, in the program. He later went on to pursue his

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at the

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in 2005. He serves as the fiction editor of ''Crazyhorse'' (now ''swamp pink'') at the College of Charleston. He now lives in

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, with his wife and two children.

Books

* ''Everyone Was There'' (stories), Elixir Press, 2017 * ''Think of Me and I’ll Know'' (stories), TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2013 * ''Out Loud'' (stories), University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008 * ''This Day in History'' (stories), University of Iowa Press, 2005

Fellowships

* Emerging Writer Fellowship, The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD, 2010 *

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, Fellowship in Literature, 2002. * Creative Writing Fellowship,

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, 2000. * Iowa Arts Fellowship,

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, 1995.

Awards and distinctions

* ''2016 Elixir Press Fiction Prize''. Elixir Press, Denver, CO. * ''2013 Balcones Fiction Prize'',

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. Finalist for ''Think of Me and I’ll Know''. * ''The 2008

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'',

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, 2008. * ''The 2006 Paterson Fiction Prize.'' Finalist, for ''This Day in History''. * ''The 2006 South Carolina Fiction Project''. Winner. * ''The John Simmons Short Fiction Award'',

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, 2005. * ''The Journal First Annual Short Story Award'', The Journal, 2004. First Place. * ''The Crazyhorse Short Story Award'', Crazyhorse, 2002. First Prize. * ''Association of Writing Programs'' ''Intro Journals Award'', 2001. * ''Thomas W. Molyneux Prose Award'',

's student literary magazine, Caesura Magazine, 1991. First Prize.

References

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