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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Location	From California to Russia, United States
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Introduction	Stephan's stories and essays have appeared in numerous literary magazines. His novella, The Castrato of St. Petersburg, was named a finalist in the Ruth Anne Wiley Novella Contest, judged by Josip Novakovich, and later published by Salt Hill. His writing has otherwise been recognized in Best of the Web 2009 (Dzanc Books), nominated for the Pushcart Prize, short-listed for the Fish Publishing Historical Fiction Prize, named a finalist for a Maggie: The Award for Western Magazine Publishing, and given special mention in Drunken Boat's inaugural Pan Literary Awards contest. A former Fulbright Fellow to Ukraine, Stephan is currently a Ph.D. student in English literature and creative writing at USC. He can be contacted here.