Sarah Lynn Knowles is a Massachusetts-based writer and editor whose short fiction has been featured in Slice Magazine, Joyland Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Perigee Publication for the Arts, and Sundog Lit. She's an alum of Tin House’s 2024 Winter Workshop and One Story’s 2023 Summer Conference, and a regular member of Chelsea Hodson's Morning Writing Club.Sarah founded & edited Storychord – a literary journal that published one short story alongside visual art + a one-song soundtrack, each by a different emerging artist. From 2010-2017, the site published 150 multimedia issues and hosted multiple SXSW and CMJ live music events.
Here are lists of my very favorite fiction and, more broadly, 50+ of my favorite books. I love collecting quotes, honing my cooking skills, and dabbling in creative arts like jewelry making and block printing.For more, follow me on Bluesky and Goodreads. 📚🤓
Publications:
“The Hotel Window” @ Atlas and Alice
“The Bee Sting” @ Sundog Lit
“Waitress” @ Vol. 1 Brooklyn
“Blackbird” @ Joyland
“Darlene” @ Slice Magazine
“Camping” @ Perigee: Publication for the Arts
Sparrow, self-published literary/personal zine (archived)
“Elizabeth” @ Film & History (Vol. 33, No. 2)
Cataclysm Girl, self-published literary/personal zine (8 total issues; archived here, here, and here)
Awards, Honors, etc:
Tin House 2024 Winter Workshop, Accepted Fiction Participant
One Story 2023 Summer Conference, Accepted Fiction Participant
Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train June 2013 Fiction Open
Finalist, Northwind December 2012 Story Contest
Winner, Slice Magazine Fall 2010/Winter 2011 Spotlight Award
Finalist, Glimmer Train July 2009 Very Short Fiction Contest
3rd Place Winner, Perigee: Publication for the Arts 2009 Fiction Contest
Gold Award for Feature Writing, MarCom 2006 Creative Awards