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An Ohio-born writer, Jen Knox's writing has been featured in The Best Small Fictions 2017 (Braddock Avenue Books), The Adirondack Review, Chicago Tribune's Printers Row, Chicago Quarterly Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, Fiction Southeast, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, MJI News, The Saturday Evening Post, The Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly, NPR, and Sequestrum, among others. Jen's writing has been nominated for a Pushcart and multiple Best of the Net anthologies. She is a Writing Coach, educator, and the Academic Programs Manager at OSU's Leadership Initiative. Jen earned her BA in English from Otterbein and her MFA from Bennington. She is the author of After the Gazebo (NYC, New York: Rain Mountain Press), and she recently completed a collection of short fabulist fiction, The Glass City, which won the 2016 Prize Americana (Hollywood Books International). An excerpt of The Glass City also earned finalist status in the 2016 Calvino Prize from The University of Louisville. Jen's work has earned finalist status in the Dundee International Book Competition and a semifinalist status in the Book Pipeline Competition. Find her here: www.jenknox.com
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Freight
Published Oct 28, 2018 · 4,487 words (17 minutes) · 567 views
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Molly's brother is taking a video game too far. It's up to her to stop him before he loses everything.
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Gather the Ingredients
Published Oct 10, 2018 · 5,838 words (22 minutes) · 239 views
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Lost Her Way
Published Oct 1, 2018 · 3,623 words (14 minutes) · 310 views
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Open Times
Published Sep 15, 2018 · 2,380 words (9 minutes) · 2 likes · 1099 views
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An overworked doctor faces emergency surgery, a dearth of caffeine, and the challenge to inspire (or scare off) a group of med students—all before 8am. An Ohio-born writer, Jen Knox's work has been featured in The Best Small Fictions and nominated for a Pushcart prize, among many others.
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AFTER THE GAZEBO
Published Jun 14, 2018 · 1,517 words (6 minutes) · 453 views
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Lottery Days
Published May 30, 2018 · 315 words (2 minutes) · 692 views
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The Glass City
Published May 22, 2018 · 2,813 words (11 minutes) · 4 likes · 1784 views
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Coming of age in a drought that dries up everything it touches in Ohio—conversation, camaraderie, and cookouts—author Jen Knox’s culinary protagonist contemplates the future of her home, her family, and her next meal in “The Glass City.” Jen Knox’s literary talents and breadth of work have earned her nominations for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Calvino prizes.
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Fortune in Smoke
Published May 22, 2018 · 1,933 words (8 minutes) · 358 views
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