About

Kevin Novalina (Brown) has published two short story collections, Death Roll and Ink On Wood, and has had Fiction, Non-fiction and Poetry published in over 200 Literary Journals, Magazines and Anthologies.  He won numerous writing competitions, fellowships, and grants, and was nominated for multiple prizes and awards, including three Pushcart Prizes.  

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Interview with Kevin - Real Fiction Podcast 


Song from the story  "The Sight of Sound"

Awards

Baucom-Fulkerson Memorial Award (1st Place)

“Angela’s Rising”


Lily Peter Fellowship for Fiction (1st Place)

“Odds Are”


Permafrost Literary Journal’s Midnight Sun Fiction Contest (1st Place)

“Up the Down Way”


Cadenza Short Fiction Competition (3rd Place)

“Like, Popular” 


2006 Aging Well Competition (1st Place)

“Standing Eight”


Winter 2007 50-50 Short Fiction Writing Contest (3rd Place)

“Clowns”


Touchstone Fiction Contest (1st Place)

“02:10:31”


Walton Fellowship (1st Place)

“Invisible Bodies” “Birthday Licks”


Flash Me Quarterly Poll (1st Place)

“Hong Kong Karma”


Flash Me Feature Story

“Survivalist”


The Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Governor Award

“Magic Palm” / “Safe”


WCDH Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow 2021 Lifetime Writer-In-Residence

“Ch. 14 of Cracking the Stone


Raw Earth Ink Northwind Writing Awards (Top 10) - 2024

"Against All Odds" ("Odds Are") / "Wasteland Survivors" ("Safe")


Ozarks Writers League Awards: Humorous Short Story (1st Prize) – 2024“A Fun Day of Grand Illusions Bland Delusions” (“Clowns”)


Ozarks Writers League Awards: Inspirational Romance Story (1st Prize) – 2024

“The Spirit of Love” ("Half-Past Nowhere Everywhere")


Ozarks Writers League Awards: Ozarks Article (1st Prize) – 2024

“Noticed on a Fall Drive Through Downtown Eureka Springs”

 

Ozarks Writers League Awards: Ozarks Moments (1st Prize) – 2024

“The Sasquatchian Blue Beast of the Ozarks” (“Wild Man”)

 

Ozarks Writers League Awards: Western Short Story (3rd Prize) – 2024

“A Myth in the Remaking”

 

Ozarks Writers League Awards: Historical Fiction (3rd Prize) – 2024

“The Stone Battery”

 

Ozarks Writers League Awards: Haiku (3rd Prize) – 2024

“The Weight of Woe”

 

Ozarks Writers League Awards: Humorous Memoir (Honorable Mention) – 2024

“South of North” (“Twenty Minutes, Four Dollars, and A Good Buzz Later”)


Bella Vista Arts Council 2024 Honored Artist