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Hello! I’m Dan Powell, an award winning writer of short-fiction.

I worked as an English Teacher for nearly ten years before going part time to study for an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. My short stories have been widely published both online and in print, appearing most recently in the pages of Carve, Paraxis, Structo, The Molotov Cocktail, and Fleeting. My debut collection of short fiction, Looking Out of Broken Windows, was shortlisted for the 2013 Scott Prize and will be published by Salt in March 2014.

I received a Carve Esoteric Award for my short story ‘Storm in a Teacup’, while ‘Half-mown Lawn’ won the Yeovil Literary Prize for short fiction and is included in Salt Publishing’s The Best British Short Sto ...more

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	A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books) by Rose McLarney (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Laura-Gray Street (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Debra Allbery (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 71 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best British Short Stories 2012 by Nicholas Royle (Editor), Dan Powell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.53 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Live The New Flesh: Year One by William Pauley III (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Barnett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Annemarie Bogart 4.38 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking Out of Broken Windows 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Norfolk Terriers Calendar 2021: 12-month mini Calendar from Jan 2021 to Dec 2021, Cute Gift Idea For Norfolk Terriers Lovers Or Owners Men And Women \| Pictures in Every Month 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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