Lorian Hemingway
| Lorian Hemingway | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lorian Hemingway December 15, 1951 South Jackson, Mississippi |
| Occupation | Author, essayist, journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Genre | Fiction and non-fiction |
| Notable works | Walking into the River (1992) "Walk on Water," "A World Turned Over" |
| Notable awards | Conch Republic Prize for Literature |
| Relatives |
Gregory Hemingway (father) Shirley Jane Rhodes (mother) Ernest Hemingway (paternal grandfather) Pauline Pfeiffer (paternal grandmother) |
| Website | |
| www.shortstorycompetition.com | |
Lorian Hemingway (born December 15, 1951) is an American author and free-lance journalist. Her books include the memoir Walk on Water, the novel Walking Into the River, and the non-fiction book A World Turned Over, about the devastation of her hometown of South Jackson, Mississippi, by the Candlestick Park Tornado in 1966. Her articles have appeared in GQ, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Rolling Stone.
In 1992, Hemingway was nominated for The Mississippi Arts and Letters Award for Fiction for her debut novel Walking Into the River. In 1999 she received The Conch Republic Prize for Literature for her body of work and her dedication to encouraging the talent of new writers.
Her work has been positively reviewed by The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and Time, among others. Her numerous nature essays have appeared in several anthologies, including "Uncommon Waters", "The Gift of Trout", "Headwaters", "A Different Angle", "Randy Wayne White's Ultimate Tarpon Guide", and "Growing Up in Mississippi", to quote a few. She is former editor-at-large of Flyfishing & Tying Journal.
In 1981, Hemingway founded the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition which is "dedicated to recognizing the voices of writers who have yet to be heard". The competition, which is open to U.S. and international citizens, draws between 800 and 1,200 submissions annually from the United States and around the world.
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