Elaine Fowler Palencia Mailing Address: 3006 Valley Brook Drive Champaign, IL  61822-6114 County: Champaign E-mail: epalenci@uiuc.edu Phone: 217-356-3893 Genre: Poetry/Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction

Periodical Publications:

• Poetry has appeared in Magnolias and Mayhem, Southern Crime Anthology, The Distillery, Byline, Lonzie's Fried Chicken, Pegasus, Willow Review, Byline, Illinois Review, and others
• Fiction Virginia Quarterly Review, Chattahoochee Review, Crescent Review, and many others

Book Publications:

• Brier Country; Stories from Blue Valley, 2000
• Taking the Train (poetry chapbook) Grex Press, 1997
• Small Caucasian Woman (short stories) U. Missouri Press, 1993
• Poetry in Pegasus, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, & River King Poetry Supplement, in 1998
• Fiction in Murderous Intent, 1998
• Essay in Bloodroot, essays by Appalachian women writers, U. Kentucky Press, 1998

Forthcoming Publications:

• The Dailiness of It, Poems

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• 1997 Willow Review Award for Poetry
• 1995 Illinois Arts Council Literary Award for Poetry
• 1990 John Ehle Award for Short Fiction
• Many others

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Both poetry and fiction readings at Southern Festival of Books, Motlow State Community College, Printer's Row Book Fair, Southern Kentucky Festival of Books, the Tri-Country Book Fair (Owensboro, KY), Jane Addams Bookshop (Champaign, IL), Prairie Lights Bookstore (Iowa City), and many others

Recent Workshops:

• Cumberland Writer's Workshop; Illinois Wesleyan University
• Many, including at the Cumberland Writers Conference (Cookeville, TN), a number of Chicago schools, University High School (Urbana, IL), and others

Present Employment:

• Freelance writer and editor, YMCA aerobics instructor

Preferred Audience:

• Adults

Willing to travel:

• yes, anywhere