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Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader http://www.compulsivereader.com/html. Her stories, poetry, reviews and articles have appeared in many printed anthologies and journals, and have won several awards. She is the author of The Art of Assessment, and Quark Soup. Her novel Sleep Before Evening will be published by BeWrite Books in July 2007.


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Publications Sleep Before Evening, BeWrite Books, 2007 (novel) Quark Soup, Picaro Press, 2006 (poetry chapbook) The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything, Mountain Mist Productions, 2003 (nonfiction book) Cherished Pulse, Compulsive Reader Publications, 2006 (poetry chapbook - collaboration with Carolyn Howard-Johnson) “Loosen Your Belt”: Global Delights: A feast of stories and poetry and recipes, 2003, Ethnic Communities Council and The Hunter Writer’s Centre “The Last Bet” Commendation Prize, Roland Robinson 2005 Short Story Award. Published in Fifth Branch Down (print anthology, 2005, ed. Jean Kent) “The Liar” Long Story Short: http://quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/mywritingfriend/id232.html “The Fall” Skive Magazine: 'Next Stop: the best of Skive Magazine, 2004-2003' (print publication), and online at http://www.skivemagazine.mockfrog.com.au/stories0204/thefall.html, the story shortlisted in the Glen Eira “My Brother Jack” short story awards 2002 “Whiz Kid” Skive Magazine: http://www.skivemagazine.mockfrog.com.au/stories0704/whizkid.html “The Clarity Centre” Skive Magazine: http://www.skivemagazine.mockfrog.com.au/stories1204/theclarity.html “The Haunting” Mocha Memoirs, http://www.mochamemoirs.com/archives/issue14c.shtml 2004 Newcastle Poetry Prize, shortlisted, “Betelgeuse” (multimedia section), published in ‘The Cool Breath Burn’: Anthology Roland Robinson Literary Award, 2006 Commendation Award (“Oceanic”), 2005 Commendation Award (“The Last Bet”), 2004 Commendation Prize (“Exile“); 2000 Commendation Certificate (“Whorl”) Binnacle Ultra Short Competition, shortlist, “In the aftermath” Poetry has been published in A Painted Summer (print anthology, 2004, ed. Jean Kent), Beneath the Valley (print anthology June 2005, reprinted 2006, Catchfire Press), The Uncontained Sea (Print Anthology, 2000, ed Jean Kent), Bird Before Landing (print anthology 2002), the Harpweaver (print anthology Volume 9, Autumn 2001), In Our Own Words Volume 4 and Volume 5 (Print anthology, MW Enterprises), The Pedestal Magazine, Thylazine (Ten Australian Poets, Series 9), Long Story Short, Artemis, The Golden Thread, The Green Tricycle, Niederngasse, Mocha Memoirs, OzPoet, Perigree (one year anniversary issue), The Flying Corn Press (Aug 2004, Poet of the Month), Poetically Speaking (2005), Void Magazine (June & September 2005), The Australian Reader (2005), Gunch Press: Poultry Broadside (print publication, November 2005), Mothering Magazine (print publication, Jan 2006), Haiku for Writers, Poetry Canada Magazine (print publication, June-Sept 2006), Totem Triptychs collaborative art project with Don Swartzentruber, Granola Mama, Blue Pepper, Escape Velocity magazine, Goodwill to All Men (print anthology, Anchor Books, 2006), The Westerly (Roland Robinson Literary Awards 2006, edited by Jean Kent and Judy Johnson), Stories for A Long Summer (Print Anthology, Catchfire Press, 2006), Cezanne’s Carrot, Australian Poetic Society, PeachPublishing, Cerebral Catalyst, Arabesques, Astropoetica. Reviews/Interviews have been published in Cordite, Imago, Coppertales, Drexel Online Journal, Midwest Book Reviews (regular reviewer), MC Reviews, Relix Magazine, AussieReviews, Mommylinks, Shorncliss, Phillymama, RealLifeSolutions, Local LIT, E2K (staff writer), Thylazine, NewPages, and Media-Culture Reviews Essays/articles have been published in Aribella, Parenting Magazine, Kidz on the Coast magazine, Net author (staff writer), Inscriptions, Scriptorium, Absolute Write, Sell Writing Online, The e-Writer’s Place, Write to inspire, The Writer Gazette, Performance Poetry, Beyond Fertility, RaisingOurKids, Ripe Lifestyle Magazine, T-Zero: The Writer's Ezine, The Writer magazine, and the 2005 edition of The Writer’s Handbook (69th Edition) (The Writer Books), Long Story Short, Thylazine, Writing Now, Writer’s Best Friend, The Verb, The Complete Writer's Journal (Red Engine Press, 2006), and Poetry Canada (print magazine, Oct 2006)

Accomplishments

BA English Literature CCNY (USA),
MBus Charles Sturt University (Australia),
Certificate M Litt Oxford (UK),
Roland Robinson Literary Awards, 2000, 2004, 1005, 1006
Newcastle Poetry Prize 2004
Binnacle Ultra Short Competition
Albert Friend Award for Excellence in Literary Scholarship and Criticism,
Ralph Weinberg Memorial Poetry Prize,
Glen Eira Literary Awards

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The Compulsive Reader features reviews of new release books by some of the hottest writers working today. There are also author interviews, profiles, a free e-zine, lots of regular book giveaways, literary criticism, literary news and lots more.

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