M.E. Macuaga

writer • producer • editor • director • singer • mother • love

"Orange Blossoms" // micro ~ FlashFlood Fiction
"Orange Blossoms" // micro ~ FlashFlood Fiction
"Wild Blossoms" // memoir ~ Epiphany
"Wild Blossoms" // memoir ~ Epiphany
"(FG+FD+FM+FB) = " // Microfiction ~ The Cincinnati Review
"(FG+FD+FM+FB) = " // Microfiction ~ The Cincinnati Review
"Silhouettes" // Creative Nonfiction (Memoir Excerpt) ~ Oyster River Pages
"Silhouettes" // Creative Nonfiction (Memoir Excerpt) ~ Oyster River Pages
"So everyone’s going nuts in our fallout shelter, and lemme tell ya" // Drabble Winner ~ Flash Point SF
"So everyone’s going nuts in our fallout shelter, and lemme tell ya" // Drabble Winner ~ Flash Point SF
"all walled up" // Micro Nonfiction ~ HAD
"all walled up" // Micro Nonfiction ~ HAD
"Side Effects" // Creative Nonfiction (Memoir Excerpt) ~ The Seventh Wave Magazine
"Side Effects" // Creative Nonfiction (Memoir Excerpt) ~ The Seventh Wave Magazine
"Whalesong" // Flash Fiction (Drama) ~ Flash Fiction Magazine
"Whalesong" // Flash Fiction (Drama) ~ Flash Fiction Magazine
"Close Encounters" // Flash Fiction (Middle Grade Sci Fi) ~ Luna Station Quarterly
"Close Encounters" // Flash Fiction (Middle Grade Sci Fi) ~ Luna Station Quarterly
"Bulletproof" // Flash Fiction (Espionage) ~ Superpresent
"Bulletproof" // Flash Fiction (Espionage) ~ Superpresent
"The So Long Song" // Short Film ~ Trailer
"The So Long Song" // Short Film ~ Trailer
Curious Story Prods.
Curious Story Prods.
2025 Tin House Speculative Fiction Scholar
Tin House Parents Residency Finalist + Winter Workshop Alum
Tin House Parents Residency Finalist + Winter Workshop Alum
2025 SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellows Finalist ~SmokeLong Quarterly
2025 SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellows Finalist ~SmokeLong Quarterly
2024 ThrillerFest Scholarship Award
2024 Claymore Award Finalist
2024 Claymore Award Finalist
The Florida Review Editor's Award Finalist
The Florida Review Editor's Award Finalist
CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest ~ Honorable Mention
CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest ~ Honorable Mention
Live from Storyknife ~ a WIP reading (starts at 14:50)
Live from Storyknife ~ a WIP reading (starts at 14:50)
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