Whitney’s debut story collection, BIG BAD, winner of the 2019 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, will be published by Sarabande Books in 2021. Her story, “The Entertainer,” won a 2020 Pushcart Prize, and her flash horror is forthcoming in Catapult’s TINY NIGHTMARES.
Whitney’s fiction has appeared or will appear in: New Ohio Review, The Pinch, Ninth Letter, Grist, The Chattahoochee Review, Moon City Review, Lumina, The Laurel Review, Quarter After Eight, The Southeast Review, and Raleigh Review, among others.
Other nods include a Pushcart Prize “Special Mention” for “The Pupil,” a Pushcart Prize nomination for “Daddy-o,” a PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize nomination for "Daddy-o," and an Honorable Mention from Glimmer Train for "The Nest." Her story, “Script,” was a semifinalist for American Short Fiction’s 2019 The American Short(er) Fiction Prize.
Whitney holds a BA in Creative Writing from Hamilton College and an MFA in Fiction from Spalding University. She lives in Kentucky with her family.
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