Donna Miscolta

Donna Miscolta is the author of the novel When the de la Cruz Family Danced (Signal 8 Press, 2011). Her short story manuscript was a finalist for both the Flannery O’Connor Short Fiction Award and the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction. She won the 2013 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in Bluestem (forthcoming), Calyx, Cha: An Asian Literary Review, Connecticut Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, Kartika Review, New California Writing 2013, and others. Donna has received artist residencies from Anderson Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Hedgebrook, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Donna was also the recipient of a 1999 Fellowship from Artist Trust.