Maureen Aitken

Maureen Aitken is the recipient of the Nilsen Prize. Her collection of stories is forthcoming in 2018. She has also won the Minnesota State Arts Board's Artist Initiative Grant, the Loft Mentor Award, an award in Ireland's Fish Short Story Prize, and a grant from the SASE/Jerome Foundation. Stories in her collection have earned two Pushcart Prize nominations and have been published in journals such as Prairie Schooner, The Journal, Night Train, Puerto del Sol and the international anthology,...See more

Maureen Aitken is the recipient of the Nilsen Prize. Her collection of stories is forthcoming in 2018. She has also won the Minnesota State Arts Board's Artist Initiative Grant, the Loft Mentor Award, an award in Ireland's Fish Short Story Prize, and a grant from the SASE/Jerome Foundation. Stories in her collection have earned two Pushcart Prize nominations and have been published in journals such as Prairie Schooner, The Journal, Night Train, Puerto del Sol and the international anthology, The Bering Strait and Other Stories . She teaches writing at the University of Minnesota, where she received her MFA degree. See less