Leslie Carlin is an award-winning writer of fiction and creative non-fiction.
A selection of writings
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Pearl Harbor
Ocotillo Review (2021)
Winner, Chester B. Himes Memorial Fiction Prize
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End Times in the Santa Susanna Pass
County Lines-A Literary Journal (2019)
2nd place, Starving Writers Fiction Contest
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Natalie, Happy
Three. (2019)
Winner, Penguin Random House Student Prize for Fiction
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Occasionally Good
Baltimore Review (2019)
Winner, Fiction Contest
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Copacetic
Reed Magazine (2019)
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Good Steps
Three. (2016)
Honourable Mention, Penguin Random House Student Prize for Fiction
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Falls
Momaya Press Short Story Review (2014)
Honorable Mention
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Laughing Tiger
Toronto Star (2014)
2nd place, Toronto Star Short Story Contest
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Close encounters of the itchy kind
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Writing on the Wall: A Personal Perspective on Living near Hadrian’s Frontier
Encyclopedia of Global Archeology, C. Smith, ed. (2020)
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_3447
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The blessings of a writing residency
Funds for Writers newsletter, March 18, 2022
(https://archive.aweber.com/newsletter/fundsforwriters/MTM2MDg0Mzk=/fundsforwriters-march-18-2022-the-blessings-of-a-writing-residency.htm)
Leslie Carlin (she/her) writes fiction, essays, and medical anthropology articles.
Leslie’s short stories and essays have received awards and publication in newspapers and literary magazines including the Toronto Star, the Baltimore Review, Reed Magazine, and the Ocotillo Review. She has a Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies, winning the Marina Nemat Award for Creative Writing and the Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction.
Leslie has lived in the United States, Indonesia, England, and now Canada. She writes a blog about being a perennial expatriate. She works at the University of Toronto.
