Bio
Mallory Laurel was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, a border region in South Texas. She studied English and Philosophy at The University of Notre Dame and completed her MFA in Fiction at The Ohio State University. In addition to her writing, which has admittedly slowed since graduate school, she is also the Director of Communications and Outreach for Latino Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. After almost thirteen years in the Midwest, she is happy to finally call Texas home again.
Author Photo taken by Margaret Cipriano.
publications, Etc.
fiction
"Las Mañanitas." Indiana Review. Winter 2018, Volume 40, Number 2.
“Sacraments.” The Southeast Review. Forthcoming in 2019, Issue 37.1…
nonfiction
"Identity Politics Along the Border: Dissecting Why Some Latinos Love Trump." Salon. 2016.
Contests/awards
“Sacraments.” Finalist, The Southeast Review Short-Short Contest, judged by Robert Olen Butler. 2018.
"Las Mañanitas." Finalist, Indiana Review Fiction Prize. 2018.
"Las Mañanitas." Tara M. Kroger Award for Best Short Story, OSU English. 2017.
"Sugarcane Girls." Finalist, Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers. 2017.
