Jan Bowman

Fiction

  • COMING SOON: Flight Path & Other Stories published by Evening Street Press, OCTOBER 2015
  • “Kindness” published in Evening Street Review, Issue 12 (May 2015)
  • “Rabbits” published in 2014 Compass Flower Press Literary Anthology – Uncertain Promise, Edited by Von Pittman (October 2014)
  • “Mermaids” published in 2012 Roanoke Review, vol. xxxvii, Sept. 2012.
    Winner of 2011 Roanoke Review Fiction Prize.
  • “After the Rain” published in Big Muddy, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2012.
  • “This Arrow Marks Me” published in The Broadkill Review, Vol. 5, No. 5,
    September/October 2011. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
  • “Flat Bed” published in Third Wednesday, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 2011.
  • “META-fiction Woman” published in Musings, Vol. 1, Spring 2001.
  • “A Little Kindness” published in Minimus, Vol. 9, 2000.
  • “Unspoken Messages” published in Potomac Review, Vol. V no. 1, Winter 1998.
  • “Skating Blind” published in Buffalo Spree, Winter 1997. Nominated for Best American Short Stories and O’Henry award.
  • “Pancakes” published in Minimus, Vol. 7, 1997.
  • “Silence” published in Potato Eyes, Issues 11-12, Winter 1995, Spring 1996.
  • “Unnatural Disaster” published in Folio: A Literary Journal, Winter 1995.
  • “Starry, Starry Night” published in A LOVING VOICE II: A Caregiver’s Book of More Read Aloud Stories for the Elderly, 1994.
  • “Edges” published in FURY Magazine, Fall 1994.

Non-Fiction

Craft Essays:

  • “Whose Story Is This?” published in MDWA Spring 2013 Pen-in- Hand.
  • “Where Do Stories Come From?” published in MDWA Winter 2013 Pen-in-Hand, vol. 26, no. 1.
  • “Writers Need a Tough Skin” published in MDWA Fall 2012 Pen-in-Hand vol. 25, no. 4.

Online Journal Interviews:

  • Atticus Review (online journal) published Jan Bowman’s recent interview, “Dogs of Glory & Reading For Pleasure: An Interview with Jay Bates and Michael Schmeltzer” of River and Sound Review.
  • Jan Bowman’s Trajectory: Interview with K. L. Cook
  • Interview & Book Review: Trajectory Journal, K. L. Cook, Spring 2013 Issue 6. Full Interview is posted online at my website.
  • Interview & Book Review: Trajectory Journal – Sheldon Lee Compton – Fall 2012 – Issue 5. Full Interview is posted online at my website.

Fiction out for Publication Consideration

Short Stories:

  • “Garden for Loss”