CARMELINDA SCIAN
WRITER

In Lisbon with Mark Anthony Jarman.
Reading with Helia Correia and Katherine Vaz in Lisbon, 2018, Conference on The Radiance of the Short Story.

In Lisbon, 2018, Conference on The Radiance of the Short Story.
In Lisbon, 2018, Conference on The Radiance of the Short Story.
In Lisbon, 2018, Conference on The Radiance of the Short Story.

My CNF essay, “River Crossings,” has been published in the Hong Kong Review. “A Black Kitten” has been published in the Antigonish Review, and two stories are forthcoming in The Maine Review and the Blue Mesa Review.
My new personal essay published in the San Antonio Review:

My story, “The Disappeared” just got published in Fiddlehead’s special 75th anniversary issue, no. 282.

My short-short story, “Strays”, has just been published in the Belletrist Magazine. For those interested, here is the link:

I have the personal essays, “A Black Kitten”, forthcoming in The Antigonish Review and, “River Crossings" in The Hong Kong Review.

Book review for Accenti magazine:

https://accenti.ca/trying-to-make-sense-of-a-troubled-life-in-my-father-fortune-tellers-me-a-memoir-by-eufemia-fantetti/

I have three stories published in The FiddleheadThe San Antonio Review, and The Magnolia Review. I am also enjoying being a “first-reader” for The Fiddlehead”.


My story "Casa do Relogio" came out in the fall 2019 issue of Prairie Fire, Volume 40, Number 3, and is available in newsstands. It's a story loosely based on my own grandfather's suicide.


The story, “And Still I Said Nothing” has been published in Litro magazine.





"Yellow Watch" has been nominated for the 2018 Journey Prize.

"Yellow Watch" was long listed for `The Fiddlehead' short-fiction contest, and was published in the 2017 summer issue:

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"A Pilgrimage to Atalaia" was runner-up for the UofT Magazine Writing Contest, 2015.

"The Butterfly First" is a poignant and memorable account of a young girl's encounter with the tragedy and hypocrisy of the adult world. The story is told through a series of beautifully rendered scenes and the writing throughout is powerful, original, and evocative.  (Helen Humphreys, author)

First Prize Winner of the `Toronto Star: Short Story Contest' (2015).
Read the `Toronto Star' article:
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Read the award-winning short story, "A Dragonfly Dashed by My Face":
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First Prize Winner of `The Malahat Review: Open Season Short-Fiction Writing Contest' (2013).
Read the `The Malahat Review' interview:
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