Jan Ellison
Jan Ellison grew up in Los Angeles and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, and their four children. She holds an undergraduate degree in history from Stanford and an MFA from San Francisco State University. Her first published story won a 2007 O. Henry Prize. Her second was cited as one of “100 other distinguished stories of the year” by Stephen King, editor of Best American Short Stories 2007, and received a Special Mention in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. She is currently at work on a novel.

Published Stories
  • “The Company of Men,” originally published in New England Review, reprinted in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007
  • "The Color of Wheat in Winter," originally published in The Hudson Review, reprinted in “Writes of Passage: Coming-of-Age Stories and Memoirs from The Hudson Review”

    • Awards, Citations and Anthologies
  • 2007 O. Henry Prize
  • Citation in “100 Other Distinguished Stories,” an appendix to Best American Short Stories 2007, edited by Stephen King
  • Special Mention, 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology
  • Nominated for Best New American Voices anthology, 2009 and 2007
  • Inclusion in “The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing,” by Alice LaPlante
  • Inclusion in “Writes of Passage: Coming-of-Age Stories and Memoirs from The Hudson Review” (forthcoming March, 2008)
  • Wilner Award for Short Fiction, San Francisco State University
  • Clark-Gross Award in the Novel, San Francisco State University
  • Leo Litwak Award for Fiction, Transfer Magazine

    • Contact jan@janellison.com.