Chad Simpson
Born
Monmouth, Illinois
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Author
  • Professor of English
AwardsSecond annual Micro Award in 2009

Chad Simpson is a short and flash fiction author from Monmouth, Illinois.[1] He is the winner of the 2012 John Simmons Short Fiction Award, juried by Jim Shepard. His short story collection, "Tell Everyone I Said Hi," was published by the University of Iowa Press in fall 2012.

He has written numerous stories that have appeared in multiple literary magazines.[2] His flash story "Let x" won the second annual Micro Award in 2009.[3] "Let x" originally appeared in Esquire.com.[4] Simpson earned a B.A. from Monmouth College in 1998 and a M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2005.[1] He also is the author of a chapbook, "Phantoms," published in April 2010 by Origami Zoo Press. He is currently an associate professor of English at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he received the college's distinguished teaching award in 2010.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chad Simpson | Knox College". Knox College. Knox.edu. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  2. ↑ "SmokeLong Quarterly – Features". Smokelong.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Past Winners". The Micro Award. August 15, 2008. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Micro Award". The Micro Award. microaward.org. Archived from the original on February 26, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Napkin Fiction: "Let X" by Chad Simpson". Esquire. esquire.com. August 15, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2015.


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