Lisa Thornton is a writer and nurse. She has work in SmokeLong Quarterly, Bending Genres, JMWW Journal, Pithead Chapel and other literary magazines. She has been shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award and Bridport Flash Fiction Prize. She won the WestWord Prize in the flash fiction category in 2023. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net anthology and can be found on Twitter/X @thorntonforreal.
She has a history in local journalism, a BA in Political Science from Colorado State University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She lives in Illinois with her husband and son. |
Publications:
Flash Fiction
"The Race" Reckon Review, 04/22/24
"Jason" JAKE the Anti-Literary Magazine, 03/28/24
"Just Outside Reno, a Mirage" MOTEL: an anthology, Cowboy Jamboree Press, 03/26/24
"Polar Plunge" Fictive Dream, 03/08/24
"Alternate Ending" Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine, 2/22/24
"Untethered" WestWord Journal 01/26/24 (1st place flash fiction category, WestWord Prize 2023)
"Trap(ped)" Bath Flash Fiction Volume Eight 01/2024 (available in print at Ad Hoc Fiction)
"Dinner for Two" Tiny Molecules, Issue 17, 11/19/23
"Tuesday, March 29" Bright Flash Literary Review 10/4/23
"Her Big Chance" Ellipsis Zine 08/14/23
"Monterey, California" National Flash Fiction Day 06/24/23
"Any Minute Now" Cowboy Jamboree, Country & Folk edition, 04/26/23
"The Girl Who Was Afraid She Might Float Away" Bending Genres, Issue 32, 04/11/23
"The Resident in Room 402" SmokeLong Quarterly, Issue 78, 12/20/22 (nominated for Pushcart Prize)
Creative Nonfiction
"Saved/Walk the Line/The Old Rugged Cross" Flash Boulevard, 05/04/24
"Bang Bang America" The Hooghly Review, Issue 3, 4/30/24
"The Great Wave" Hippocampus Magazine 04/02/24 (runner-up We Love Short Shorts Flash CNF contest)
"The Snow in Duluth" Pithead Chapel 02/01/2024
"One Step at a Time" JMWW Journal 01/25/24
Poetry
"Muscle Memory" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23
"A Mother's Wish" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23
"Lost" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23
"Twenties" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23 (nominated for BotN)
"The Incident" Fiery Scribe Review 7/1/22 (nominated for BotN)
"Advice"/"Chicago" Roi Fainéant Press 4/3/22
Accolades:
Finalist, Hippocampus Magazine We Love Short Shorts Flash CNF contest
Finalist, Blue Frog Flash Fiction Contest 2024
First place, Flash Fiction category, WestWord Prize 2023
Long list, SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition 2023
Short list, Bath Flash Fiction Award 2023
Short list, Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2023
Best of the Net anthology nomination 2023 (Roi Fainéant Press)
Best of the Net anthology nomination 2023 (Fiery Scribe Review)
Pushcart Prize nomination 2022 (SmokeLong Quarterly)
Finalist, SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2022
Flash Fiction
"The Race" Reckon Review, 04/22/24
"Jason" JAKE the Anti-Literary Magazine, 03/28/24
"Just Outside Reno, a Mirage" MOTEL: an anthology, Cowboy Jamboree Press, 03/26/24
"Polar Plunge" Fictive Dream, 03/08/24
"Alternate Ending" Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine, 2/22/24
"Untethered" WestWord Journal 01/26/24 (1st place flash fiction category, WestWord Prize 2023)
"Trap(ped)" Bath Flash Fiction Volume Eight 01/2024 (available in print at Ad Hoc Fiction)
"Dinner for Two" Tiny Molecules, Issue 17, 11/19/23
"Tuesday, March 29" Bright Flash Literary Review 10/4/23
"Her Big Chance" Ellipsis Zine 08/14/23
"Monterey, California" National Flash Fiction Day 06/24/23
"Any Minute Now" Cowboy Jamboree, Country & Folk edition, 04/26/23
"The Girl Who Was Afraid She Might Float Away" Bending Genres, Issue 32, 04/11/23
"The Resident in Room 402" SmokeLong Quarterly, Issue 78, 12/20/22 (nominated for Pushcart Prize)
Creative Nonfiction
"Saved/Walk the Line/The Old Rugged Cross" Flash Boulevard, 05/04/24
"Bang Bang America" The Hooghly Review, Issue 3, 4/30/24
"The Great Wave" Hippocampus Magazine 04/02/24 (runner-up We Love Short Shorts Flash CNF contest)
"The Snow in Duluth" Pithead Chapel 02/01/2024
"One Step at a Time" JMWW Journal 01/25/24
Poetry
"Muscle Memory" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23
"A Mother's Wish" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23
"Lost" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23
"Twenties" Roi Fainéant Press 3/19/23 (nominated for BotN)
"The Incident" Fiery Scribe Review 7/1/22 (nominated for BotN)
"Advice"/"Chicago" Roi Fainéant Press 4/3/22
Accolades:
Finalist, Hippocampus Magazine We Love Short Shorts Flash CNF contest
Finalist, Blue Frog Flash Fiction Contest 2024
First place, Flash Fiction category, WestWord Prize 2023
Long list, SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition 2023
Short list, Bath Flash Fiction Award 2023
Short list, Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2023
Best of the Net anthology nomination 2023 (Roi Fainéant Press)
Best of the Net anthology nomination 2023 (Fiery Scribe Review)
Pushcart Prize nomination 2022 (SmokeLong Quarterly)
Finalist, SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2022