Publications
Books
Journey to the Parallels // Fitzroy Books, an Imprint of Regal House Publishing, May, 2022 //Available Now! Winner of the 2022 Bronze Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for Juvenile Fiction
Short Works
Half Life // Eleventh Hour Literary, January, 2025
Intersection// On The Premises - Second Place contest winner, April 2024
Cutouts // Money Matters contest, Principal Foundation, The Center for Fiction, and Short Édition, October 2023
Meet Me in Kathmandu // Toronto Journal, Summer 2023
Thelma vs Time // Driftwood Press, March 2023, includes interview. Pushcart nominated. Full anthology available to read online
Still Life, Circa 1989 // Honeyguide Literary Magazine, October 2021
Residential Units // upstreet no. 16, July 2020
The Why Nots and the Whys // CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Winter/Spring 2020
In A State of Near Deletion // Split Lip Magazine, August 2019*
Certified //Black Fox Literary Magazine #18, Fall 2018
Sympathy Pains // Mused, Fall 2018
Possum // The Gravity of the Thing*
We Take Care of Our Own // Blotterature, Volume 2, Issue 1*
Recognition
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year , 2022 Bronze Winner for Journey to the Parallels
Illinois Arts Council Grants, 2022 and 2020 Recipient
Kraken Book Prize for Middle-Grade Fiction, 2020 Winner for the novel The Parallels
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women, 2020 Finalist for the novel Village Crossing*
Hidden River Arts Eulidia Award, 2020 Semi-finalist for the story collection Residential Units
Autumn House Press Fiction Contest, 2019 Finalist for the story collection Residential Units*
Lorian Hemingway Short Fiction Contest, 2019 Honorable Mention for story “Cutouts”*
The Masters Review Anthology, 2018 Shortlist for story “Residential Units”
Other Links
Fiction Editor Interview// Baltimore Review Blog
Interview with Yona Zeldis McDonough // Lilith Magazine
Odds and Ends and Beginnings // Fitzroy Books
Just One Thing with Marcie Friedman // Split Lip Magazine
*As Marcie Friedman