Michele Ruby
Fiction in Print
Chautauqua: "Rainboots" - 2021 (no. 18)
The Chattahooche Review: "Watermelon Trick" - Fall 2018/Winter2019 (Vol. XXXVIII, Nos. 2 and 3)
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: "Alphabetical Order" - May/June 2017
The Louisville Review: "Visiting Hours" - Fall, 2006 (No. 60)
GSU Review: "Multiple Choice" - Fall/Winter 2006
Rosebud: "Storm Damage" - Spring 2007 (No. 38)
Lilith: "Sound Effects" - Spring 2007
The MacGuffin: "Nota Bene" - Fall, 2007 (Vol. XXIV, No. 1)
The Dos Passos Review: "At the Gate" - December 2007 (Vol. 4, No. 2)
Denver Quarterly: "Lot's Wife" - 2009 (Vol. 44, No. 1)
Descant: "Laugh Lines" - 2009 (Vol. 48)
Nimrod International Journal: "Souvenir" - Spring/ Summer 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 2)
Inkwell: "Sermon" - Spring 2011 (No. 29)
Hayden's Ferry Review: "And Counting" - Spring/ Summer 2011 (No. 48)
The Los Angeles Review: "Little Red Ink" - Spring 2011 (Vol. 9)
Harpur Palate: "Ah, No Choo" - Summer/ Fall 2012 (Vol. 12, No. 1))
Arts and Letters: "Alterations" - Fall 2015 (Issue 31)
Anthologies in Print & Online
Frankly Feminist: "Sound Effects" (forthcoming Lilith Print Anthology, 2022)
Roanoke Review: "Third Girl from the Left" (50th Anniversary Anthology, 2022)
Fiction Online
Another Chicago - "Wine for Breakfast" (2020)
The Adirondack Review - "Skip and Harold" (Fulton Prize finalist)
Literal Latte - "Condolences" (2017 Short Short Winner)
Literal Latte - "Nine Diets" (2017 Short Short Winner)
Phoebe - "Take Something Ugly"
The Potomac Journal - "French Lesson"
New Delta Review - "Seuss Goose"
Alimentum - "Conch Salad"
Shenandoah - "Order"
Poetry In Print
Dogwood: "Old Coat" - Spring, 2006 (Vol. 6)
Roanoke Review: "Rapunzel, Rapunzel" - Spring 2006 (Vo. xxxi)
Selected for the retrospective 50th anniversary issue
Pearl: "Hood Ornament" - Spring/Summer 2007 (No. 37)
Margie: "Enough is not Enough" - Fall 2006 (Vol. 5)
Atlanta Review: "Apostrophe," "Understanding History" - Fall/Winter 2006 (Vol. xiii, No. 1)
Connecticut Review: "Survivor," "Coral Road" - Spring 2008 (Vol. xxx, No. 1)
Rhino: "Checkout" - 2008
Plays
Louisville Repertory Company, Short Play Contest: "Waiters" - Produced [insert]
Poetry Editor
Women, Period: Spinsters Ink. - 2008
Awards
In Collections:
- Hudson Prize, Black Lawrence Press: 2020 finalist
- St. Lawrence Prize, Black Lawrence Press: 2021 finalist
- Eludia Prize, HIdden River Arts: 2021 semi-finalist
- Hudson Prize, Black Lawrence Press: 2022 semi-finalist
- Non/Fiction Collection, Mad Creek Books (OSU): 2022 finalist
- Dzanc Books Contest, Honorable Mention: 2010
- Flannery O'Connor Award, Finalist: 2012
- St. Lawrence Book Prize, Finalist: 2016 & 2017
- Autumn House, Finalist: 2018
- Press 53, Finalist: 2018
In Poetry:
- Rosenberg Poetry Prize, Honorable Mention: "Only the Vowels Moan" - 2005
- InKY: Invited reader at inaugural reading
In Short Stories:
- Literal Latte Short Short Prize, Winner: "Condolences" and "Nine Diets" - 2017
- Inkwell Prize, Finalist: "Visiting Hours" - 2006
- The Adirondack Review, Fulton Prize, Finalist: "Skip and Harold" - Fall 2008
- Arts and Letters, Prize in Fiction: "Alterations" - 2015