Margaret F. Chen spent most of her childhood in a small town in southeastern Iowa. In the fourth grade, she wrote and illustrated her first book, which the principal of the school saved and later read to other fourth-grade classes. She also collaborated with a friend in late elementary-school on another hand-written and illustrated book. Since then, Margaret has gone on to write many more stories, and been published in a wide variety of print and online journals and magazines, including Monkeybicycle, Rose Red Review, Yesteryear Fiction, Midwestern Gothic, The Bacopa Literary Journal, Eunoia Review, The Legendary, and The Carolina Quarterly. Margaret holds a Certificate in Fiction from the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.
Twitter: MargaretFChen
Twitter: MargaretFChen
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
Notable Entry, April 2018 Disquiet Literary Prize for "Native Plants"
Honorable Mention, 44th New Millennium Writing Awards, January 2018, for "Schadenfreude"
Honorable Mention, January 2015 Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest for "Superheroes"
Third place, “Next Line, Please” Poetry Contest, American Scholar, Nov. 2014.
Honorable Mention, December 2013 Glimmer Train Fiction Open for "Icicles"
Semi-finalist, January 2013 New Millennium Writings Competition for "Mephistopheles in Miami"
Finalist, Phoebe's 2012 Winter Fiction Contest for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
Short-list, 2011 Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
Top 25 Finalist, Glimmer Train's September 2011 Fiction Open for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
James Kirkwood 2011 Prize Nominee for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
James Kirkwood 2010 Prize Semi-Finalist for "The Pirate from Blackmoor"
Honorable Mention, February 2010, Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers for "Mephistopheles in Miami"
Notable Entry, April 2018 Disquiet Literary Prize for "Native Plants"
Honorable Mention, 44th New Millennium Writing Awards, January 2018, for "Schadenfreude"
Honorable Mention, January 2015 Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest for "Superheroes"
Third place, “Next Line, Please” Poetry Contest, American Scholar, Nov. 2014.
Honorable Mention, December 2013 Glimmer Train Fiction Open for "Icicles"
Semi-finalist, January 2013 New Millennium Writings Competition for "Mephistopheles in Miami"
Finalist, Phoebe's 2012 Winter Fiction Contest for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
Short-list, 2011 Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
Top 25 Finalist, Glimmer Train's September 2011 Fiction Open for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
James Kirkwood 2011 Prize Nominee for "The Zhangs and the Zumans"
James Kirkwood 2010 Prize Semi-Finalist for "The Pirate from Blackmoor"
Honorable Mention, February 2010, Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers for "Mephistopheles in Miami"
