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50-word Bio: Joe Okonkwo wrote Jazz Moon, winner of the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award. He served as prose editor for Newtown Literary and edited Best Gay Stories 2017. Joe's story collection, Kiss the Scars on the Back of my Neck, was an Independent Book Publisher Awards silver medalist in the LGBT fiction category.
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75-word Bio: Joe Okonkwo wrote Jazz Moon, winner of the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award. Jazz Moon was also a Lambda Literary finalist in the Best Gay Fiction category. Joe served as prose editor for Newtown Literary and he edited Best Gay Stories 2017. He has served on the planning committee for the Provincetown Book Festival. Joe's story collection, Kiss the Scars on the Back of my Neck, was an Independent Book Publisher Awards silver medalist in the LGBT fiction category.
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100-word Bio: Joe Okonkwo’s debut novel Jazz Moon won the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His short stories have appeared in Volume I Brooklyn, Global City Review, The Piltdown Review, The New Engagement, Storychord, Love Stories from Africa, and Strength. His story "Cleo" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Joe served as Prose Editor for Newtown Literary and he edited Best Gay Stories 2017. His story collection, Kiss the Scars on the Back of my Neck (Amble Press), was an Independent Book Publisher Awards silver medalist in the LGBT fiction category.
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150-word Bio: Joe Okonkwo’s debut novel Jazz Moon, set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and glittering Jazz Age Paris, won the Publishing Triangle's prestigious Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Joe's short stories have appeared in Volume I Brooklyn, The Piltdown Review, The New Engagement, Storychord, Penumbra, Promethean, Shotgun Honey, Love Stories from Africa, Best Gay Stories 2015, and Strength. His short story "Cleo" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Joe served as Prose Editor for Newtown Literary and he edited Best Gay Stories 2017. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing from City College of New York. Joe's story collection, Kiss the Scars on the Back of my Neck, was an Independent Book Publisher Awards silver medalist in the LGBT fiction category. He is represented by the Baldi Literary Agency. Joe Okonkwo lives, works, and writes in Queens, New York City.