Susan J. Powers Mailing Address: 586 Williamsburg Ct. A1 Wheeling, IL. 60090 County: Cook E-Mail: firegut@sbcglobal.net Phone: work: 847.267.1394 home: fax:847.267.1329 Genre: Fiction

Periodical Publications:

• "Like Nourishment" (short story) Happy #6, 1996
• "T'aime Moi" (short story) Another Chicago Magazine #27, 1995
• Has also published stories in West, Bluff City, Mississippi Review, & Story Quarterly
• "Here's How" (short story) Facets, IV, 2 (Jan/Feb 2004)
• "Why (My) Lawyers Make Good Writers" (article) Legal Management, 23/1 (Jan/Feb 2004)

Book Publications:

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award in Prose, 1999
• Stories nominated for Pushcart Prize & IAC Literary Award, 1992 - 97
• Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Literature, 1989
• Robert W. Michener Scholarship to Indiana Writers Conference, 1979
• Finalist in Poets & Writers Writers Exchange Program & Illinois: State of Writing Reading Series Competition

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

Recent Workshops:

• The Writers, Glencoe, IL 2001 - Present -- Guest Workshop Leader
• Teaches fiction workshops for Oakton Community College adult education program (Glenview, IL), 1986 - present
• Teaches private fiction workshops 1990 to present

Present Employment:

• Association of Legal Administrators
• Freelance Editor
• Oakton Community College (Skokie, IL.)

Preferred Audience:

• Novel and short story writers, any age

Willing to travel:

• yes