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© 2021 Maija Makinen
Awards | Honors
Finalist, Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series 2025
Honorable Mention for "1993" in The Best American Short Stories 2022
2021 New American Fiction Prize for The Ghosts of Other Immigrants: Stories. Judge: Kristen Arnett
Finalist, 2021 Willow Springs Spokane Prize, for short story collection
Honorable Mention, 2021 Cincinnati Review Robert and Adele Schiff Award. Judge: Michael Griffith
Semifinalist, 2021 Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize, for short story collection
Winner, The Iowa Review Award in Fiction, 2020. Judge: Lan Samantha Chang
Top-10 Finalist, Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, 2020. Judge: Lori Ostlund
Pushcart Nomination for "Country Fiction" from Porter House Review, 2019
Nadia Christensen Prize in Translation, American-Scandinavian Foundation, 2017
Editor’s Choice Award, Best New Writing, 2014
University of Cambridge Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, 2012
Finalist, Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award for New Writers, 2011
Residencies | Fellowships
The Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency Fellowship
American Scandinavian Society Cultural Grant
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency
Monson Arts Residency Fellowship
Art Omi: Writers
Key West Literary Seminar
The Studios of Key West
Kone Foundation Saari Fellowship
Bio
Maija Mäkinen is a Finnish-born writer and translator, and holds an MFA in Fiction from Boston University.
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