Meaghan Mulholland

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Meaghan Mulholland is a writer, currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas. Meaghan’s writing has appeared in The Colorado Review, National Geographic Traveler, Washington Flyer, and Southwest Airlines' Spirit Magazine, among other publications.  She worked for several years at National Geographic in Washington, DC, and is hard at work on a novel set in Sicily. Her writing awards include a 2005 Creative Writing Fulbright Fellowship to Italy, and top rankings in several national fiction contests.  For more detailed information, please visit the pages above.
News:  04/23/09 -- I've been selected as winner of this year's Coughlin-Lawrence Fiction Fellowship for the Solstice Summer Writers Conference, to be held in Chestnut Hill, MA this June. The scholarship covers full tuition, room and board. I'm looking forward to heading back to my old stomping grounds near BC, and to working with some very talented writers.

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04/23/09 -- My short fiction story "Of Time and Wind" is forthcoming in a new online journal, /One/, started by a very talented writer/artist and former colleague from NatGeo. More details soon...

News: 11/22/08 -- I've been selected as a Top Ten finalist in Zoetrope: All-Story's 2008 short fiction contest, judged by Elizabeth McCracken. The winners and seven finalists "will be considered for representation by the William Morris Agency, ICM, Regal Literary, the Elaine Markson Literary Agency, Inkwell Management, Sterling Lord Literistic, and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency." 

News: My short fiction story, "Immersion Program," appears in the Fall 2008 issue of the Colorado Review.  "Immersion Program" was a Top Ten finalist for the 2008 Nelligan Prize for short fiction, and also chosen as Runner-up in both the 2007 Indiana Review fiction contest and the 2007 Bellingham Review fiction contest.