Melissa Ferrone
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 Awards & Distinctions

  • Selected for Best American Essays, 2019: Notable Essay ("Whale Fall" originally published by Fourth Genre)
  • Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Nonfiction for "I Was Raped/I Was Battered" (Guernica)​
  • Selected for "Most Transformative Essays of 2016" by the Sundress Academy for "I Was Raped/I Was Battered"
  • ​Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Nonfiction for "Blood and Stars" (The Colorado Review)
  • Selected for Best American Essays, 2015: Notable Essay ("Touch" originally published by The Pinch)
  • Nonfiction Contributor for Bread Loaf Writer's Conference: 2015
  • Nominated for the AWP Intro Awards, 2015



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