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Barbara Black

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Vancouver, Canada

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BARBARA BLACK writes short and flash fiction, poetry and libretti. Her work has appeared in national and international publications and anthologies, including The Cincinnati Review, Geist, The Hong Kong Review and Bath Flash Fiction Award anthology 2020. As a short story writer, Black’s achievements include: Fiction Finalist, 2020 National Magazine Awards; Winner, 2017 Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition; twice Longlisted for The Commonwealth Short Story Prize; and Shortlisted for the 2021 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Accolades as a writer of flash, microfiction and prose poetry include Winner, Federation of BC Writers Contests (Prose Poem) 2018 and (Flash Fiction) 2021/2022; Shortlisted for the 2023 Edinburgh Flas
BARBARA BLACK writes short and flash fiction, poetry and libretti. Her work has appeared in national and international publications and anthologies, including The Cincinnati Review, Geist, The Hong Kong Review and Bath Flash Fiction Award anthology 2020. As a short story writer, Black’s achievements include: Fiction Finalist, 2020 National Magazine Awards; Winner, 2017 Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition; twice Longlisted for The Commonwealth Short Story Prize; and Shortlisted for the 2021 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Accolades as a writer of flash, microfiction and prose poetry include Winner, Federation of BC Writers Contests (Prose Poem) 2018 and (Flash Fiction) 2021/2022; Shortlisted for the 2023 Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award; and First Prize in The Plaza Prizes Microfiction Contest and Second in their Flash Fiction Category. She is the author of the multi-award winning short story collection Music from a Strange Planet, released in 2021 to critical acclaim, and most recently, Little Fortified Stories, a collection of flash and microfiction. Black lives in Victoria, BC, where she gardens and loves to ride the twisties on her trusty Triumph motorcycle.

Book Awards, Music from a Strange Planet

2024: 2024 American Legacy Book Awards: Finalist (Short Story Fiction)
2024: Independent Press Award 2024: Distinguished Favorite (Short Stories)
2023: Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards Contest: Finalist (Short Story Collection)
2023: American Book Fest Best Book Awards 2023: Finalist (Fiction: Short Story)
2023: The Canadian Book Club Award 2023: Finalist (Anthology/Short Story)
2023: Sunshine Coast Writers & Editors Society Book Award 2023: Winner (Fiction)
2023: International Book Awards 2023: Finalist (Best New Fiction)
2023: Indie Reader Discovery Award 2023: Winner (Short Story Collection)
2023: Firebird Book Awards 2023: Winner (New Fiction) and Winner (Short Stories)
2023: The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2022: Winner (Adult Fiction)
2023: Literary Titan Book Award: Winner (Gold Book Award)
2022: Eyelands International Book Awards: Finalist (Published Short Story Collection)
2021: The Miramichi Reader 2021 Very Best Book Awards: Longlisted (Short Fiction)

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	Music from a Strange Planet 4.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Heartwood: Poems for the Love of Trees by Lesley Strutt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diana Beresford-Kroeger (Foreword), Barbara Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds by Yvonne Blomer (Editor), Barbara Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 12 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
	Little Fortified Stories 4.55 avg rating — 11 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
	Restore to Factory Settings: Bath Flash Fiction Volume Five by Sharon Telfer, Barbara Black (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 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
	Snow Crow: Bath Flash Fiction Volume Six by Doug Ramspeck, Geeta Sanker, Dara Elerath 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	Solemates and other stories: Scottish Arts Trust Story Awards Volume 5 by Sara Cameron McBean, Claire Rocha (editor), Barbara Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Poems from Planet Earth by Yvonne Blomer (Editor), Cynthia Woodman Kerkham (Editor), Barbara Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	Hologram: Homage to P.K. Page by Yvonne Blomer (Editor), D.C. Reid (Editor), Barbara Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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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omening leaf mould melancholia
mollusc ruminating spores/ spruce
pores sweat steamed [fungus]/ frog
needles old man's beard
devil's club seeps gloom.”
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