Dinah Cox
Teaching Associate Professor
Ph.D. and MA, English, Oklahoma State University
BA, Theatre, Earlham College
Areas of Interest & Expertise
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Creative Writing - Fiction
Recent Courses Taught
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ENGL 3030 Fiction Writing
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ENGL 2513, Introduction to Creative Writing
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ENGL 2413, Exploring Literature
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ENGL 1313 Critical Analysis and Writing I (Honors)
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ENGL 1213, Composition II
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ENGL 1113 Composition I
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ENGL 2883, Survey of American Literature II
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GWST 3450 GLBTQ Literature
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ENGL 1413, Critical Analysis and Writing II
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ENGL 1313, Critical Analysis and Writing I
Selected Publications
Books:
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The Canary Keeper (PANK Books; 2019)
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Remarkable (BOA Editions; 2016)
Short Stories
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“Guidelines” Change Seven (forthcoming)
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“Everyone Loves a Parade” Redivider (forthcoming)
- "Oh, I Know” Arts & Letters 44 (Spring, 2022): 110-120.
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“The Moon Landing” December 32.2, (Fall/Winter 2021): 11-25.
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“Joey Mullins is not the Narrator” Blue Lake Review, March, 2021
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“Playing Cards”Yalobusha Review 33 (Spring, 2021)
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“Paper Fan” The Masters Review New Voices (Spring, 2021)
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“Antifreeze Dream” The Virginia Normal 7: (Spring, 2021): 52-62.
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“On the Lookout for Nazis These Days” Florida Review 44.1 (Spring, 2020): 139-149.
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“The Red Envelope” Fictive Dream (online) April, 2020
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“Dress Rehearsal”Jabberwock Review 40.1 (Summer, 2019): 7-25.
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“The Shark” 2 Bridges Review 8 (Spring, 2019): 45-56.
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“Three Back to School Stories” New Orleans Review online
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“Sonny and Cher” Big Muddy 18.2 (2018): 52-59
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“Please Listen Carefully; Our Menu Items Have Changed” Raleigh Review 8.2 (Fall, 2018): 45-56.
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“Shoobie” Gulf Coast online
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“Grinders for Lunch” Free State Review 8 (Winter, 2018): 17-21.
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“The Old-Fashioned Way”Fixional
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“Lost and Found Boys” Juked 5.31.2017
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“Sick Bed” Pembroke Magazine 2017: 75-87.
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“Just Saying Hello” The Laurel Review 49.2 (2016): 20.
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“Tabloid”Smokelong Quarterly (online).
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“Oklahoma Drivers are Very Upset” The Meadow 2016: 69-79
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“The History Professor” Calyx 28.3 (Summer 2015): 84-91
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“The Love Feast” South Dakota Review 51.3-4 (Spring 2015): 174-180.
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“Recipe for Disaster”StoryQuarterly 48 (2015): 269-283.
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“Bun in the Oven” Hayden’s Ferry Review online, (December, 2014).
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“The Dot” Evening Street Review 10 (Spring 2014): 55-65.
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“Three Small Town Stories” Salt Hill 32 (Spring 2014): 8-11.
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“Glue” J Journal 6.1 (Spring 2013): 41-55.
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“April Fool’s Day” Confrontation 113 (Spring 2013): 163-173.
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“Three Sad Stories” Quarterly West 76 (Fall 2012).
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“Adolescence in B Flat” Limestone (2012): 56-73.
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“The Canary Keeper” Prairie Schooner 86.3 (Fall 2012): 53-64.
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“Donna Valentine Live” Cream City Review 35.2 (Fall 2011): 22-37.
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“Blackout” Folio 26.1 (Spring 2011): 85-87.
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“Three Fire Stories” Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment 13.2 (2011): 24-28.
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“The End of Something Better, The Start of Something Worse” Beloit Fiction
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Journal 24 (Spring, 2011): 39-50.
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“Leo’s Peking Palace” Copper Nickel 13 (2010): 33-41.
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“Remarkable” Zone 3 24.2 (2009): 60-68.
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“Honk, Honk Dead” Dislocate 4 (2008): 49-63.
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“The Quisenberry Family Singers” REAL—Regarding Arts & Letters 32.2 (2008): 1-12.
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“Tragedy and the Common Woman” Other Voices 42 (2005): 155-160.
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“How to Write About Oklahoma” North Dakota Quarterly 71 (2004): 22-28.
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“Three Stories of Prosperity” The Texas Observer.
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“Pie in the Sky” The Fiddleback 1.
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“Yellow Dogs” The Wanderlust Review 1.
Poems
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“Birth Certificate” and “Hospital Chart” Bellingham Review online, Fall 2011.
Interviews
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Hayden’s Ferry Review: “Interview with Dinah Cox: Flash Prose Contest Honorable Mention."
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Late Night Library: “Dinah Cox—Remarkable."
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Smokelong Quarterly: “Smoke and Mirrors: An Interview with Dinah Cox."
Honors & Offices
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Finalist, The George Garrett Fiction Prize, Texas Review Press, 2022.
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Finalist, Moon City Short Fiction Prize, Moon City Press, 2022.
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Finalist, Katherine Anne Porter Prize, University of North Texas Press, 2022.
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Winner, Curt Johnson Prose Award in Fiction, December magazine, 2021.
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Semifinalist, Non/Fiction Collection Prize, The Journal, 2021.
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Honorable Mention, Masters Review prose chapbook contest, 2021.
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Finalist, Bateau Press Chapbook Contest, 2021.
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Longlisted, Steel Toe Books 2020 Prize in Prose.
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Finalist, Hudson Prize, Black Lawrence Press, 2019.
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Finalist, Reynolds Price Prize for Fiction; Center for Women Writers, 2019.
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Winner, Nancy D. Hargrove Editor’s Prize in Fiction, Jabberwock Review, 2019.
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Finalist, Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction; Center for Women Writers, 2018.
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Finalist, Lamar York Prize for Fiction, Chattahoochee Review, 2018.
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Finalist, Moon City Short Fiction Award, Moon City Press, 2017.
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Finalist, G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Fiction, BkMk Press, 2016.
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Nominated, Pushcart Prize, 2015, “A Trip to South America” by SuperstitionReview.
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Winner, Fourth Annual BOA Short Fiction Prize (2014).
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Honorable Mention, 500 for 500 Flash-Prose Contest, 2014, Hayden’s FerryReview.
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Shortlisted: Pressgang Prize, 2014, Pressgang Press at Butler University.
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Nominated, Pushcart Prize “Glue” 2013 by J Journal.Honorable Mention, 2013 Texas Observer Short Story Contest.
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Finalist, 2013 Leapfrog Fiction Contest.
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Finalist, Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, Willow Springs Books, 2012.
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Runner-up, Flannery O’Connor Prize for Short Fiction, University of GeorgiaPress, 2012.
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Finalist, Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, Willow Springs Books, 2011.
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Finalist, New American Press Short Fiction Contest, 2011.
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First Place, Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Fiction Prize, 2009.
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Nominated, Pushcart Prize, “The Quisenberry Family Singers,” 2008 by REAL.
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First Place, Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Fiction Prize, 2008.
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Marye Lynn Cumming Graduate Scholarship, 2008.
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Academy of American Poets Prize, 2006.
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Honorable Mention, Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Poetry Prize,2006.
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Third Place, Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Fiction Prize, 2006.
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First Place, Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Fiction Prize, 2005.
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Third Place, Atlantic Monthly Student Writers’ Contest for Fiction, 2003.
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Honorable Mention, Oklahoma State University Women’s Faculty Council Award for Scholarship in the Area of Women’s Issues, 2002.
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Audre Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching Composition, 2002.
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Second Place, Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Fiction Prize, 2002.
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First Place, Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Poetry Prize, 2001.
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First Place, Oklahoma State University Women’s Faculty Council Award for Scholarship in the Area of Women’s Issues, 2000.