Carla is a writer from New York City. Her work appears in EPOCH, The Kenyon Review, Joyland Magazine, and elsewhere. She's received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and a nomination for Best American Short Stories in 2021.
She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Vanderbilt University, and is currently at work on a novel from her home in Atlanta.
Writing
Fiction
- "My Friend K" EPOCH, Issue 70.1
- "Mother" The Adroit Journal
- "From Here, If You Can Call It That" The Sonora Review
- "Personality Test" Joyland
- "Mercy" The Masters Review
Nonfiction
- "An Effort Toward Wholeness" Kenyon Review Online
Honors
- Willapa Bay AiR Fellow2022
- Nominated for Best American Short Stories2021
- Jentel Artist Resident2021
- Fellow at Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences2020
- Vanderbilt University Postdoctoral Fellowship2019–20
- Finalist, Sonora Review Fiction Contest2019
- Sundress Academy for the Arts Resident2019
- Vanderbilt University English Department Third-Year Fellowship2018–19
- Finalist, Conium Review Flash Fiction Contest2018
- Longlisted, Disquiet Literary Contest2018
- Glimmer Train Honorable Mention, Very Short Fiction Contest2018
- Finalist, American Short Fiction Prize2017
- Bread Loaf Work Study Scholarship2017
- Minnesota Northwoods Fiction Scholarship2017
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