About
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.
She has presented critical work at the 42nd and 43rd International Conferences of the Fantastic in the Arts (2021, 2022), and will be presenting at the Once and Future Fantasies Conference in Glasgow (Summer 2022).
Readings:
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Channel Issue 4 Launch (2021)
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Channel Issue 3 Launch (2020)
Awards:
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Best Vegan Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2020, Metaphorosis Books (2021)
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Naomi Kitay ’33 Fellowship for a Career in Creative Writing (2019)
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Graduate Fellowship in English & Joseph McGrath Bottkol Fellowship (2019)
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Anne Singer Memorial Award (2016, 2017)
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Louise Sproule Prize (2016)
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Robert P Sibley Prize (2016)
Recognition:
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Short-listed for the Molotov Cocktail Folked-Up Flash contest (2022)
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Maria Haskins' Recommended Reading List for 2021
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Short-listed for the Ghost Orchid Press A Very Ghostly Christmas contest (2021)
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Long-listed for the Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fractured Fairy Tale Prize (2021)
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Short-listed for the Sunspot Inception Prize (2020)
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Short-listed & long-listed for the Al Blanchard Award (2020)
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Short-listed for the Defenestrationism !Short Story Contest! (2020)
Interviews & Reviews:
2022
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Kathleen Jennings' April short story reading post (Tanaudel)
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CLUBHOUSE Review of On Spec Magazine Issue #119 (Amazing Stories)
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"A Nobyl Endeavor: An Interview with Marisca Pichette," by J.D. Harlock in Issue 2 of Solarpunk Magazine
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The Best Free Short Speculative Fiction of 2021, on riff by Matt Handle.
2021
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Review of Blackberry Blood by Julia Lewis.
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Charles Payseur's Quick Sip Reviews (November, 2021).
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Adult/YA Book Reviews: What One Wouldn't Do, D.K. Hundt.
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Book Review and Author Interview of What One Wouldn't Do on The Inkblotters.
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Tara Grímravn's July 2021 review of Grimdark #27 on Tangent Online.
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Andrea Blythe's Culture Consumption: July 2021.
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Jeff Reynolds' Review of Apparition Literary Magazine Issue #14 (Chance).
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Maria Haskins' Weekly Five & February 2021 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Short Fiction Roundup, Curious Fictions.
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Charles Payseur's Quick Sip Reviews (February, 2021) & February 2021 Roundup of Queer SFF.
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Jeff Xilon's 2021 Short Fiction Round Up 7.
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"The Latest Issue of Channel Magazine Tackles Intersectional Environmentalism," University Times.
2020
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Paul Jessup's July 2020 Short Story Roundup.
Marisca began writing in high school, studying linguistics and crafting languages for her worlds. She earned her BA from Mount Holyoke College in 2019, and graduated from the Stonecoast MFA program in 2021. She lives in Western Massachusetts, where she works with a Montessori school.
