Peter J. Stavros

New York

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

First Name:

Peter J.

Born in (Country):

United States

Last Name:

Stavros

Male

Born in (City):

New York City (Queens)

completed

Photo of the Author:

peter_j._stavros_headshot_bw.jpg

Are you willing to travel to give readings?:

Yes

Are you interested in giving readings?:

Yes

Private Phone:

(502) 897-0026

Yes

Website:

peterjstavros.com

link 0:

"Bumps" – The Other Stories

Application Accepted:

Application Accepted

Private E-mail:

petestavros@hotmail.com

link 1:

"Smoke" – Manawaker's Studio Flash Fiction Podcast

4436 Blenheim Road

Louisville,
KY
40207

link 2:

"Old Man in the Coffee Shop Writing in His Journal (I Forget)" – Second Hand Stories

Louisville,
KY

link 3:

"Three in the Morning and You Don't Smoke Anymore" – No Extra Words

link 4:

Ten-Tucky Festival of Ten Offers a Mixed Bag – Insider Louisville

author_statement:

Peter J. Stavros is a writer in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned a BA in English from Duke University, and studied creative writing on a graduate level at Emerson College and Harvard University. In addition to fiction, Peter writes creative non-fiction, essays and plays. His work as appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and The Boston Globe Magazine, among others. He has also had plays produced, including as part of the One Act Fest at M.T. Pockets Theatre in Morgantown, West Virginia; the 8×10 TheatreFest at the Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio; the Ten Minute Play Festival at the Durango Arts Center in Durango, Colorado; the Ten-Tucky Festival of Ten-Minute Plays at the Bard’s Town Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky; and the Festival of Ten at The College at Brockport – SUNY.

Prizes Won:

Short Fiction, Third Place, Literary LEO, 2015 (“Snow Day”); Finalist, Editor’s Prize, New Fiction, Fiction Southeast, 2015 (“Sadie Says We Have to Leave”); Flash Fiction, Third Place, Literary LEO, 2016 (“Anniversary”); Audience Choice Winner, Festival of Ten, The College at Brockport – SUNY, 2017 ("Squirrels in a Knothole"); Top 5 Finalist, Ten Minute Play Festival, Durango (CO) Arts Center, 2017 ("Good Things"); Semi-Finalist, The Florida Review, 2018 Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award ("The Sadie Stories"); Audience Favorite, 2018 Ten-Tucky Festival, The Bard’s Town Theatre, Louisville, KY (“PMA and the Beast”), Runner-Up, 2019 Gambling the Aisle Chapbook Competition ("The Sadie Stories"); Finalist, The Atlas Review 2019 Chapbook Series (“The Sadie Stories”); Flash Fiction, Honorable Mention, Literary LEO, 2019 (“Geese”)