Jay Merill is the winner of the Salt Short Story Prize with her story “As Birds Fly,” which is now included in the Salt Anthology of New Writing, 2013. Her two recent short story collections, (both Salt), were nominated for the Frank O’Connor Award. Jay has an award from the Arts Council England and is writer in residence at Women in Publishing.
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SmokeLong Fitness--The Community Workshop
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