Interviews, Awards & Other News
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The Rose Queen was a 2019 finalist for The Wishing Shelf Book Award.
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The Rose Queen received the Gold Award for the YA Fantasy category of the 2019 Literary Classics International Book Awards.
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The Rose Queen was a fantasy finalist for the 2019 Independent Author Network's (IAN) Book of the Year.
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"A writer like you: Alison McBain" (Interview) - Free the Writer
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"The Rose Queen" - Interview and Book Review by author Barbara Russell.
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Toddler Times received honorable mention in the 2019 Connecticut Press Club Communications Contest in the graphics category.
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When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology received 1st place in the 2019 Connecticut Press Club Communications Contest in the editing category.
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My story "Finale Fortissimo" made the Editors' Choice Fourth Quarterly Review at Bewildering Stories.
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My poem "Assimilation," published in AFTERMATH: Explorations of Loss and Grief received a Pushcart Prize nomination by Radix Media. The anthology is also currently a Foreword INDIES Award Finalist.
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"Bright Spot - Alison McBain" (Interview) - Rhonda Parrish
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The Writer's Edge: The Inside Track to Book Reviewers & Magazines - Guests included: Eddie Generous, Editor of Unnerving Magazine, Monica S. Kuebler, Editor of Rue Morgue Magazine, and Joseph Cotto, Senior Editor of the San Francisco Review of Books. Host: Christie Stratos.
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"Author Interview Series: Alison McBain - Part 1" - GJ Stevens.
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"Author Interview Series: Alison McBain - Part 2" - GJ Stevens.
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"Author Interview with Alison McBain" - Nicholas Adams Writes
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"Breaking In: Interview with Alison McBain" - Stephen Geigen-Miller
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"Bewildering Stories Interviews Alison McBain" - Bewildering Stories.
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"Once Upon a Scream Author Spotlight: Alison McBain" - HorrorAddicts.net.
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My short story "Asylum" received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Roswell Award (story not published).
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"Interview with author Alison McBain" - interviewed by B.T. Lowry, Director of StoryPaths.net.
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My short story "Pillar of Salt" was shortlisted in the Apocalpyse Chronicles Writing Contest at Almond Press.
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My flash fiction story "Thou Shalt" was longlisted in the Equality Writing Contest at Brilliant Flash Fiction (story not published).
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"Interview with Issue 11's Alison McBain" - interviewed by Kevin Rodriguez, editor of Bop Dead City.
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My short story "A Body at Rest" received an Honorable Mention in Allegory Magazine's Issue 27/54 (story not published).
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"How to succeed as a 21st century writer, part 1" - interviewed by Alex McNab, Fairfield Writer's Blog.
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"How to succeed as a 21st century writer, part 2" - interviewed by Alex McNab, Fairfield Writer's Blog.
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"Interview With Alison McBain, the String-of-10 Patricia McFarland Memorial Award Winner" - interviewed by Susan Tepper, Flash Fiction Chronicles.
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The Rose Queen was a 2019 finalist for The Wishing Shelf Book Award.
***
The Rose Queen received the Gold Award for the YA Fantasy category of the 2019 Literary Classics International Book Awards.
***
The Rose Queen was a fantasy finalist for the 2019 Independent Author Network's (IAN) Book of the Year.
***
"A writer like you: Alison McBain" (Interview) - Free the Writer
***
"The Rose Queen" - Interview and Book Review by author Barbara Russell.
***
Toddler Times received honorable mention in the 2019 Connecticut Press Club Communications Contest in the graphics category.
***
When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology received 1st place in the 2019 Connecticut Press Club Communications Contest in the editing category.
***
My story "Finale Fortissimo" made the Editors' Choice Fourth Quarterly Review at Bewildering Stories.
***
My poem "Assimilation," published in AFTERMATH: Explorations of Loss and Grief received a Pushcart Prize nomination by Radix Media. The anthology is also currently a Foreword INDIES Award Finalist.
***
"Bright Spot - Alison McBain" (Interview) - Rhonda Parrish
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The Writer's Edge: The Inside Track to Book Reviewers & Magazines - Guests included: Eddie Generous, Editor of Unnerving Magazine, Monica S. Kuebler, Editor of Rue Morgue Magazine, and Joseph Cotto, Senior Editor of the San Francisco Review of Books. Host: Christie Stratos.
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"Author Interview Series: Alison McBain - Part 1" - GJ Stevens.
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"Author Interview Series: Alison McBain - Part 2" - GJ Stevens.
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"Author Interview with Alison McBain" - Nicholas Adams Writes
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"Breaking In: Interview with Alison McBain" - Stephen Geigen-Miller
***
"Bewildering Stories Interviews Alison McBain" - Bewildering Stories.
***
"Once Upon a Scream Author Spotlight: Alison McBain" - HorrorAddicts.net.
***
My short story "Asylum" received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Roswell Award (story not published).
***
"Interview with author Alison McBain" - interviewed by B.T. Lowry, Director of StoryPaths.net.
***
My short story "Pillar of Salt" was shortlisted in the Apocalpyse Chronicles Writing Contest at Almond Press.
***
My flash fiction story "Thou Shalt" was longlisted in the Equality Writing Contest at Brilliant Flash Fiction (story not published).
***
"Interview with Issue 11's Alison McBain" - interviewed by Kevin Rodriguez, editor of Bop Dead City.
***
My short story "A Body at Rest" received an Honorable Mention in Allegory Magazine's Issue 27/54 (story not published).
***
"How to succeed as a 21st century writer, part 1" - interviewed by Alex McNab, Fairfield Writer's Blog.
***
"How to succeed as a 21st century writer, part 2" - interviewed by Alex McNab, Fairfield Writer's Blog.
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"Interview With Alison McBain, the String-of-10 Patricia McFarland Memorial Award Winner" - interviewed by Susan Tepper, Flash Fiction Chronicles.
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