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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Marisca's debut speculative poetry collection, Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair, will come out April 4, 2023 from Android Press. Preorder your copy today!

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She has presented critical work at the 42nd and 43rd International Conferences of the Fantastic in the Arts (2021, 2022), and the Once and Future Fantasies Conference (2022). She has sat on panels at the Nebula Conference (2022) and Can*Con (2022).

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Readings:

• "I was raised in anger" on the Pioneer Valley Poetry Podcast (2022)

• CliFiCon22 Author Reading (2022)

• Story Hour Podcast (August 10, 2022)

• Ephemera Series 29: (Re)Discovery (2022)

• Excerpt from "The Sheet," on the Wrongdoing Magazine blog (2022)

• Virtual Reception for In This Together (2021)

• Channel Issue 4 Launch (2021)

• Channel Issue 3 Launch (2020)

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Recognition:​​

• "Coronation" nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry (Star*Line, 2022)

• "Oddkin" nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry (Seaside Gothic, 2022)

• Tangent Online 2021 Recommended Reading List

• Maria Haskins' Recommended Reading List for 2021

Interviews & Reviews:

2022

• Micro-interview with Marisca Pichette on The Future Fire.

• Maria Haskins' September/October 2022 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror Short Fiction Roundup.

• Victoria Silverwolf's review of Flash Fiction Online #108 on Tangent Online.

• Review of What One Wouldn't Do on The Inkblotters (Azzurra Nox).

• Locus Looks at Short Fiction: Paula Guran's review of PodCastle #733, in Issue 739.

• Kathleen Jennings' July 2022 short story reading post (Tanaudel).

• Alex Brown's Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for May 2022 (Tor.com).

• Interview with Marisca Pichette by Zoetic Press.

• A Point of Pride: Interview with Marisca Pichette by HWA.

• Kathleen Jennings' April 2022 short story reading post (Tanaudel).

• Victoria Silverwolf's review of DreamForge Anvil #7, Spring 2022 on Tangent Online.

• CLUBHOUSE Review of On Spec Magazine Issue #119 (Amazing Stories).

• "A Nobyl Endeavor: An Interview with Marisca Pichette," by J.D. Harlock in Issue 2 of Solarpunk Magazine.

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

2021

• Review of Blackberry Blood by Julia Lewis.

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

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

• Adult/YA Book Reviews: What One Wouldn't Do, D.K. Hundt.

• 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.

2020

• Paul Jessup's July 2020 Short Story Roundup.

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Awards:​

• Winner of the F(r)iction Spring Literary Contest: Flash Fiction (2022)

• Finalist for the F(r)iction Spring Literary Contest: Flash Fiction (2022)

• Honorable Mention, Science Fiction Poetry Association Annual Poetry Contest (2022)

• Short-listed for the Molotov Cocktail Flash Feast contest (2022)

• Honorable Mention, Baltimore Science Fiction Society Annual Poetry Contest (2022)

• Short-listed for the Molotov Cocktail Folked-Up Flash contest (2022)

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

• 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) 

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.