Linda Petrucelli

Linda Petrucelli is an American essayist whose Creative Nonfiction has appeared in numerous literary journals including Memoirist Magazine, Sky Island Journal, Barren, Cagibi, The Twin Bill, Longridge Review, Parhelion, and Permafrost among others. Linda’s essays have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her essay, “Countdown,” placed runner-up in the Santa Clara Review 2021 Flash Nonfiction Contest and is also a 2022 finalist in the Bellingham Review’s Annie Dillard CNF contest. You can read her essays at https://lindapetrucelli.com. Linda also writes flash fiction and posts her work at https://jackrabbitfiction.com. Her story, “Figure Eight on the Waves,” won first place in the WOW! Women on Writing Fall 2018 Flash Fiction Contest.  She lives in Hawi on the Big Island where she writes and shares a lanai with her husband, Bonnie the dog, and a passel of cats.