Penny Guisinger

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Penny Guisinger lives and writes on the easternmost tip of the United States. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fourth Genre, River Teeth, Solstice Literary Magazine, Under the Gum Tree, and About Place Journal, and her reviews appear regularly in The Quoddy Tides and The Review Review. Her essay “Coming Out” was named as a finalist in the 2013 Fourth Genre essay contest, and one called “Provincetown” was awarded an editor’s choice award from Solstice. She is the founding organizer of Iota: The Conference of Short Prose. Penny is a graduate of the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine.

Penny is also a musician and a photographer. She shares her home with her wife and the two most beautiful, talented children in the world.

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Essays 2015*

Best American Essays 2016*

Best American Essays 2020*

* indicates notable/special mention

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