Em Williamson
Chicago, IL
Fiction
Em Williamson is a queer nonbinary writer from Mississippi and Kentucky, now living in Chicago for more than a decade. Their fiction has appeared in literary journals such as Puerto del Sol, New Delta Review, Typehouse Magazine, among numerous others, and their scholarship was just published in the journal Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. Their short story “Terrence’s Birthday” won the 2021 Goodnow Award for Fiction, and their work has also been nominated for an AWP Intro Award and an Illinois Arts Council Award. Their manuscript Palace was just announced as a finalist for Sundress Publications' 2024 Prose Contest. They are a PhD candidate in English and Creative Writing at UIC's Program for Writers.