# Colin Winnette

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**Colin Winnette** is an American novelist,[1] short story writer, and poet.

## Early life and education

Winnette grew up in Denton, Texas. He attended the [School of the Art Institute of Chicago](/source/School_of_the_Art_Institute_of_Chicago), where he earned an MFA in writing in 2012.[2]

## Career

Winnette's first novel, *Revelation*, was published in 2011 by Mutable Sound Press while he was a graduate student. He has written five more works of fiction: *Animal Collection* ([Spork Press](/source/Spork_Press) 2012), *Fondly* (Atticus Books 2013), *Coyote* (Les Figues Press 2015),[3][4] *Haints Stay* ([Two Dollar Radio](/source/Two_Dollar_Radio) 2015), *The Job of the Wasp* ([Soft Skull Press](/source/Soft_Skull_Press) 2018), and *Users* ([Soft Skull Press](/source/Soft_Skull_Press) 2023).

Winnette's short stories, poetry, reviews and other compositions have appeared in various publications, including *[McSweeney's](/source/McSweeney's)*, *The American Reader*, *[The Believer](/source/The_Believer_(magazine))*, *Gulf Coast Magazine*, and *[9th Letter](/source/9th_Letter)*. He was the winner of Les Figues Press's 2013 NOS Book Contest, for his novel *Coyote*. He also won the 2012 [Sonora Review](/source/Sonora_Review)'s Short Short Fiction Award and Heavy Feather Review's Featured Chapbook Contest, and he was a finalist for the Cleveland State University Poetry Center's First Book Award and Gulf Coast Magazine's Donald Barthelme Prize.[5][6]

His novels have been translated into Italian and French.

## References

1. ["Coyote by Colin Winnette"](http://portlandbookreview.com/2015/02/coyote-by-colin-winnette/). *Portland Book Review*, by Jon Sanetel on February 26, 2015

1. ["SAIC - Writing: Students and Alumni - School of the Art Institute of Chicago"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727003946/http://www.saic.edu/academics/departments/writing/studentsandalumni/). Archived from [the original](http://www.saic.edu/academics/departments/writing/studentsandalumni/) on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

1. ["REVIEW: Coyote by Colin Winnette"](http://electricliterature.com/review-coyote-by-colin-winnette/). Connor Ferguson, *Electric Literature* January 5, 2015

1. ["Coyote"](http://publishersweekly.com/978-1-934254-56-1). *Publishers Weekly*

1. ["2012 Wabash Prize for Fiction results!"](http://www.sycamorereview.com/2012/04/2012-wabash-prize-for-fiction-results/). *Sycamore Review*

1. ["The Barthelmew Prize for Short Prose"](https://gulfcoastmag.org/contests). *Gulf Coast Magazine*.

## External links

- [http://www.lesfigues.com/author/colin-winnette](http://www.lesfigues.com/author/colin-winnette)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140529093242/http://colinwinnette.net/stories](https://web.archive.org/web/20140529093242/http://colinwinnette.net/stories)

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