ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born on the shore of the Japanese Sea in Vladivostok, Russia, Anna currently finds herself writing from the island of Manhattan and the forests of New York's Harriman State Park. Her dispatches varied in form and substance over time; after years of academic work and legal practice, she finally finds herself writing pieces she truly enjoys. When she is not practicing or teaching, she continues to develop her craft as an MFA student at the City College of New York, the program during which she has completed her first biographical novel (for which she received the Jerome Lowell Dejur Prize in Creative Writing) and has begun her work on the second--this time, autobiographical--manuscript (selected a Finalist for the Nyman Family Project Award). Her short fiction appeared in Visitant Lit, The Writing Disorder, The Airgonaut, Nailed Magazine, and elsewhere; her nonfiction was long-listed for Cosmonaut Avenue’s Nonfiction Prize. Although Anna loves (and writes mostly in) English, Russian will forever remain her mother tongue.
SAMPLE WORKS
Geolocations (creative non-fiction) | Cosmonauts Avenue
The List (short story) | NAILED Magazine
MyLife: Short Story (Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV) (short story) | Visitant Lit
Not a Seamless Lunch (short story) | The Writing Disorder
Still Life (flash fiction) | The Airgonaut
Selected Poetry | Torrid Literature Journal
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND RECOGNITIONS
THE 2020 NYMAN FAMILY PROJECT AWARD
"Beyond Narrative"
Finalist
KENNETH KOWALD FUND FOR ADVANCING AMERICAN LITERATURE
2020 Travel Grant
Recipient
THE 2019 JEROME LOWELL DEJUR PRIZE IN CREATIVE WRITING (FICTION)
"Find What's Yours"
Co-Recipient
THE 2019 COSMONAUTS AVENUE NONFICTION PRIZE
"Geolocations"
Longlisted
KENNETH KOWALD FUND FOR ADVANCING AMERICAN LITERATURE
2019 Travel Grant
Recipient
SPRING 2018 EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT GRANT
Recipient
"Your little will can't do anything. It takes Great Determination.
Great Determination doesn't mean just you making an effort.
It means the whole universe is behind you and with you:
the birds, trees, sky, moon, and ten directions."
Katagiri Roshi
