LaToya Jordan

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Writer • Mom • Shirley Jackson Award Winner • Author of the 2023 debut novella To the Woman in the Pink Hat (Aqueduct Press) • Reader, Wigleaf Top 50

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Novella prize goes to “To the Woman in the Pink Hat” by LaToya Jordan. (Aqueduct Press)

I won a Shirley Jackson Award for my novella! Still in shock!

This was my second year as a reader for Wigleaf's Top 50. Even though I'm not currently writing flash, I love getting to spend the year doing a deep dive into a few journals, learning from other writers & reading beautiful stories. Congrats to the Top 50 & the Longlist writers.

New on our mainpage: the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2024, selected by Maurice Carlos Ruffin: wigleaf.com

My friend secretly told the waiter about my award nomination & out came this delicious dessert. Writer friends know how to celebrate. I blew out the candle to so happy Shirley Jackson nomination to me.

Love this book! Pics from Saturday storytime at Lofty Pigeon Books with Joanna McClintick reading her book 'Twas the Night Before Pride. Had a little group repping my son's kindergarten class to support Joanna. Happy Pride Month 🌈

What the????

OH MY GOD. “In fact, hair relaxers marketed to children in the United States have been found to contain the highest levels of five of the chemicals prohibited in the European Union.”

Going to Readercon for the first time & not sure what to expect. The only other conference for writers I've been to before is AWP & I usually have to eventually hide out from the overwhelm of people...I'm assuming this won't be the same?

I can't wait to read this one.

They ran my first ever book review today, on Nicola Yoon’s “One of Our Kind,” a haunting novel about an all-Black utopia that asks if true safety in American society is even possible or worth it.

She Moved Her Family to a Black Utopia. Then Things Got Weird.www.nytimes.com In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems.

I still can't believe that my name & novella To the Woman in the Pink Hat are on this list of 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees in the novella category. Still pinching myself.

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New issue and we have a beautiful cover art piece from Kim Hu - 'Lotus descends to visit Nova'. See the new issue at the link in our bio!

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If you want a thoughtful, engaging dystopia, run to read To The Woman in the Pink Hat. Terrific near-future novella dealing with reproductive rights, race, and a whole lot more. You can read an excerpt of it in Raising Mothers: www.raisingmothers.com/we-called-ou...

“We Called Ourselves A Movement” An Excerpt from LaToya Jordan’s ‘To The Woman In The Pink Hat’www.raisingmothers.com Audio Transcript Leader Morris, Jada 10.16.2040 [Throat clearing.] …I guess a good place for me to start would be when I first saw you on the news. The station hid your identity, your face tiny bro…

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CDC also says you can now lick metro poles, cab windows, and hotel TV remotes! We are finally liberated!

Breaking News: The CDC said people with Covid may return to daily life if they don’t have a fever and are improving, dropping guidance to isolate for five days.

C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covidnyti.ms Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections may return to daily activities if they don’t have a fever and their symptoms are improving.

The only suspicious emails I receive at work are tricks sent by the IT department to entrap us. 🤔

Dipping my toes in here. Trying to figure out whether Threads or Bluesky feels most like the golden days of Twitter.

Really nice review of my novella. I love how she describes my imagined prison alternative as "a dystopian version of an HBCU."

Novella Project: To the Woman in the Pink Hat A futuristic exploration of contemporary race and gender issues woven into a both disturbing and relatable tale. @annmichelleharris.bsky.social has our review! www.nerds-feather.com/2024/02/nove...

Novella Project: To the Woman in the Pink Hatwww.nerds-feather.com A futuristic exploration of contemporary race and gender issues woven into a both disturbing and relatable tale. Set in a near future Am...

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