ELISSA RAFFA

Dates at Hedgebrook
July & August, 1993 (Waterfall Cottage) 

Genres
Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Non-fiction, Playwriting 

Publications and Productions

• Freeing Vera. The Permanent Press (2005)
• “Lake Elysian,” in Water-Stone Hamline Literary Review. (Fall 2001)
• “Fundy,” in Blink. Spout Press (2000)
• “The Vow,” in Bearing Life. The Feminist Press (2000)
• “Comfort,” in Siren. (December 1999)
• “The Savings Bond,” in Hey Paesan!. Three Guineas Press (1999)
• “Lucidity,” in A Definitive Guide to the Twin Cities in Poetry and Prose.  Spout Press (1997)
• “Why Teach Writing?” in A View from the Loft.  (February 1997)
• “How I Learned to Drink Coffee,” in Evergreen Chronicles. (Fall 1994)
• “Facing Death as an Alternative,” in Confronting Cancer, Constructing Change. Third Side Press (1993)
• “Skinny Sisters,” in Sinister Wisdom. (Spring/Summer 1993)

Honors, Awards and Acknowledgements

• Artist Grant, The Puffin Foundation, 2005
• Finalist, SASE-Jerome Award for Emerging Writers, 1997
• Edelstein-Keller Teaching/Writing Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1995
• Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in Fiction, 1994
• Loft Mentor Series Contest in Fiction, The Loft Literary Center, 1991

Short Bio
Elissa’s first novel, Freeing Vera, will be published by The Permanent Press of Sag Harbor, New York in August, 2005. (www.thepermanentpress.com)  Elissa is currently working on a second novel, tentatively titled, Speech Acts.  She lives most of each year in Greece and the remaining months in Minneapolis, and works via the Internet as the Director of Curriculum and Teaching for Minnesota Online High School.

Contact Information
elissa@otenet.gr