About

charleneloganburnett  AT  gmail  DOT  com

Education

• University of California, Davis, M.F.A., Playwriting, 1990
• Wellesley College, B.A., Creative Writing/Theatre, 1987
• North Shore Community College, A.A., 1983

• MacDowell Colony, 2006

• “Brothers,” Ashland Creek Press, Among Animals 3 anthology, April 2022
• “Last House,” Jelly Bucket, Issue 10, 2020. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
• “Salmon Run,” About Place Journal, Black Earth Institute, May 2018
• “The Settlement,” Pembroke Magazine, May 2018, Issue 50
• “Drowners,” Natural Bridge, Spring 2018, No. 39
• “Boardwalk ’62,” Blackbird, Spring 2018, Vol. 17 No. 1
• “Thirst,” Fiction, Witness Magazine, Chaos Issue, Feb. 2017
• “The Year of George,” Fiction, Whiskey Island Magazine, Fall, 2017
• “Crow at Dusk, Fiction, Kestrel, Spring 2017
• “Parked on Ginkgo Street,”Fiction, Clackamas Literary Review, 20th Anniversary Issue, 2017.
• “Stacks of Cloth” and “Birthing Class at Wyman Elementary ,” Flash Fiction, *82 Review, 2016.
• “White Dog,” Fiction, A Quiet Shelter There, anthology of speculative stories about companion animals, Hadley Rille Books,  2015.
• “Sneakers,” Fiction, Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine, February 2014.
• “The Fisherman and The Cloak,” Fiction, Menacing Hedge, issue 3.02, Fall 2013. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
• “Road to Visionary,” Fiction, Dappled Things, a quarterly of ideas, arts, & faith, Fall 2012
• “The Hounds,” Fiction, Loch Raven Review Annual Six, 2011
• “Halloween on Covey Hill,” Fiction, Underneath the Juniper Tree, October 2011
• “Betrothed,” Fiction, Underneath the Juniper Tree, August 2011
• “The Golden Rock,” Fiction, Weave Magazine, Issue 6, June 2011
• “The Hounds,” Fiction, Loch Raven Review, 2010
• “Falling from Ridge Street,” Fiction, Literary Mama, November 2009
• “Quarry,” Fiction, Nerve Cowboy, 2002
• “Beach Trip,” Fiction, Allegheny Review, 1987

• “Goat Children,” Poetry, West Marin Review, Issue 10, 2021
• “Letters to an Apparition,” Poetry, Pilgrim, a Journal of Catholic Experience, 2016
• “Sleepwalking at Age Seven,” Poetry, WomenArts Quarterly Journal, Jan 2014
• “Night Dogs,” Poetry, Switched-On Gutenberg, Issue 18
• “Circling of Cranes,” Poetry, Bestiary: the best of A cappella Zoo, Spring 2013, Issue 10
• “The Bog,” Poetry, Haunted Waters Press, From the Depths, Summer 2012
• “Divining Ground,” Poetry, Peace to All Creatures, Spring 2012
• “Raptor Center,” Poetry, The Davis Poetry Book Project, 2011
• “I Promised Not To Remember,” Poetry, RHINO, 2011
• “Circling of Cranes,” Poetry, A cappella Zoo, Fall 2010
• “Expecting,” Poetry, Sing Heavenly Muse! women’s poetry and prose, 1989
• “you a came,” Poetry, Wellesley WRagtime, 1986

• “Proper Shoes,” CNF, Baltimore Review, Forthcoming Winter 2023
• “228 Cambridge Street,” CNF, Yemassee, Fall 2015
• “Lucky Dog,” Essay, Modern Dog, Summer 2010

• Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize, Hunger Mountain, finalist, 2017
• Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, Nimrod International Journal, finalist, 2017
• Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, Colorado Review, finalist, 2017.
• Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers, top-25, Jan/Feb 2017
• Curt Johnson Prose Award, December Magazine, finalist, 2016
• Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize, Hunger Mountain, finalist, 2016
• The Chicago Reader, The Bleader oulipian writing contest, humor, 2012
• Modern Dog Writing Contest, personal essay, 2nd place, 2010
• National Poetry Competition, Cape Cod Cultural Center, finalist, 2009
• Piccolo Fiction Open Contest, 2003
• Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest, honorable mention, 2002
• John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award, 2nd place, New England Theater Conference, 1992
• The Gateway Players’ Autumn Festival of One-Acts, finalist, production, 1992
• Love Creek One-Act Play Festival, finalist, production, 1991
• The Johanna Mankiewicz Davis Prize for Fiction, Wellesley College, 1987
• Academy of American Poets prize, Wellesley College, 1987

Readings and Performances

• Play on Words, San Jose, “The Fisherman and The Cloak,” April 2018
• Stories on Stage Davis, “Crow at Dusk,” December 2015
• Stories on Stage Sacramento, “Buster DiVaggio Returns,” June 2014
• The Lumber Company, NY, Tracks to Malibu, 1991
• Premiere Season, UC Davis, The Pageant Queen, 1989
• Premiere Season, UC Davis, Wild Game, 1988

Other

• One Book at a Time: Teens Engaging Young Readers, coauthor, UC Davis ANR Communication Services, 2004