Marisca Pichette works in speculative and literary fiction, poetry, and essay. Her writing investigates queerness and marginalized identity, often involving monsters. She is represented by Amy Collins.

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• Best Vegan Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2020, Metaphorosis Books (2021)

• Naomi Kitay ’33 Fellowship for a Career in Creative Writing (2019)

• Graduate Fellowship in English & Joseph McGrath Bottkol Fellowship (2019)

• Anne Singer Memorial Award (2016, 2017)

• Louise Sproule Prize (2016)

• Robert P Sibley Prize (2016) 

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• Tangent Online 2021 Recommended Reading List

• Maria Haskins' Recommended Reading List for 2021

• Short-listed for the Ghost Orchid Press A Very Ghostly Christmas contest (2021)

• Long-listed for the Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fractured Fairy Tale Prize (2021) 

• Short-listed for the Sunspot Inception Prize (2020) 

• Short-listed & long-listed for the Al Blanchard Award (2020)

• Short-listed for the Defenestrationism !Short Story Contest! (2020)

 

Interviews & Reviews:

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• The Best Free Short Speculative Fiction of 2021, on riff by Matt Handle

• Charles Payseur's Quick Sip Reviews (November, 2021).

• Horror Oasis' review of What One Wouldn't Do.

• Book Review and Author Interview of What One Wouldn't Do on The Inkblotters

• Tara Grímravn's July 2021 review of Grimdark #27 on Tangent Online. 

• Andrea Blythe's Culture Consumption: July 2021.

• Jeff Reynolds' Review of Apparition Literary Magazine Issue #14 (Chance). 

• Maria Haskins' Weekly Five & February 2021 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Short Fiction Roundup, Curious Fictions.

• Charles Payseur's Quick Sip Reviews (February, 2021) & February 2021 Roundup of Queer SFF.

• Jeff Xilon's 2021 Short Fiction Round Up 7.

• "The Latest Issue of Channel Magazine Tackles Intersectional Environmentalism," University Times.

• Paul Jessup's July 2020 Short Story Roundup.