Over the past four years, Vanessa's work has won awards and appeared in over eighty literary magazines both in print and online. Follow the links below to read her work.
Nonfiction:
"Shades and Mirrors: Character Gradation as a Demand of Resonance in the Novel." 26 
March 2011, Numero Cinq.
March 2011, Numero Cinq.Short Fiction:
"Scout's Honor." Forthcoming at storySouth, 2012.
"Sustainable Practices." Forthcoming at The Good Men Project, 2012.
"Malocchio." Forthcoming in Southern Humanities Review, 2012.
"Don't Forget the Beignets." Forthcoming in The Louisiana Review, Spring 2012.
"An Evening Unveiled." 15 Views of Orlando anthology. Burrow Press, January, 2012.
"Princess of Pop." Skidrow Penthouse, Fall 2011.
"Arthur and George: The Quest." Drunken Boat, Issue 14.
“Ed Dyess, Hero of Agoloma Point, April 22nd, 1942.” Segue, Fall 2011.
“Florida National Guard Invades Cuba." Lowestoft Chronicle, September 2011.
"The Sponge Diver." Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, September 2011.
"Shadowboxes." Forthcoming in Bosque, Fall 2011. Bosque Fiction Contest winner.
Judge: Lee K. Abbott"Clock-In." Flash Fiction Online, 2011.
"Hospice of the Au Pair." Green Mountains Review, Winter 2011.
"Easter Eggs." Bryant Literary Review, Spring 2011.
"The Coffee Shop." Concho River Review, Spring 2011.
"Uninvited Guests." Short story in The 2010 Wordstock Ten anthology. Finalist for the 2010 Wordstock Short Fiction Contest. Judge: Charles D'Ambrosio.
"Welcome, Lost Dogs." The Southern Review, Winter 2011. Finalist for the 2010 Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize at Hunger Mountain.
Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize at Hunger Mountain. "Girls are Mean." Eureka Literary Magazine. Spring 2010.
"Disconnect." The Hurricane Review, Fall 2010.
"Barbeque Rabbit." The Saranac Review, Issue 6, 2011.
“Jesus Surfs.” The 2009 Wordstock Ten anthology. Finalist for the 2009 Wordstock Short Fiction Contest. Judge: Barry Lopez.
“Mani Rosse.” The Bellingham Review, Spring 2010. Runner up for the 2009
Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction. Judge: Kathleen Alcala.“Neighborhood Friends.” The Dalhousie Review, Summer 2009.
“The Bargain.” Spring '09 issue of Georgetown Review.
“Ask Jesus.” Short story in The Madison Review, Spring 2009.
“The Lung.” Cimarron Review, Spring 2009.
Poetry:
"The Land of No Children" and "Mayan Garden" forthcoming at Connotation Press.
"The Room of Gold." Forthcoming in Fjords Review, 2012.
"Monk's Blend." Forthcoming in Los Angeles Review, February 2012.
"The Swamp-Goddess." Forthcoming in Gargoyle, Spring 2012.
"Eviction." Forthcoming in Italian Americana, Winter 2012.
“The Horse” and “Pantoum for Bruce Grossman.” Forthcoming in Saw Palm, 2012.
"Horseshoes." Forthcoming in Used Furniture Review, 2011.
"To the Circusman" and "The Call." Forthcoming in nthWORD, 2011.
“Escape, Revenge,” “Have You Forgotten Me,” and “Girl from Illinois.” Forthcoming in Clapboard House, December 2012.
"On Shoes." Rose & Thorn, Fall 2011.
"Lovesick." The Dirty Napkin, Fall 2011.
"In Sevilla." Lines and Stars, September 2011.
"After the Wake." Glasschord, August 2011.
"Advice." Pirene's Fountain, Fall 2011.
"Splashdown, Odyssey." Town Creek Poetry, Fall 2011.
"To Aaron." Untitled Country Review, Fall 2011/Winter 2012 issue.
"The Journey to Nowhere." PigeonBike, Fall 2011.
"Liftoff." Frostwriting, August 2011.
“Two Rosetos.” Eudaimonia Poetry Review, Summer 2011.
"Beachwear" and "Letters." 21 July 2011. Emprise Review.
"Cucumber-Vegetable Man," "At a Diner with Anderson Cooper off Avenue of the Americas," and "No Grade Less Than a 'B'" in NAP, September 2011.
"The Rupture." Istanbul Literary Review, Fall 2011.
"Thievery." Country Dog Review, Summer 2011.
"Orange Picker." Dark Sky Magazine, March 2011.
"Light Run" and "Hotel Citrus." The Foliate Oak Literary Journal, March 2011.
"The Bookstore." Big Muddy.
"Eclipse." Poem in Superstition Review, Nov. 2010.
"The Widow." Poem in MAYDAY Magazine, Issue 3.
"Manatee at Blue Spring." Vol. 10, Issue 1 - Fall 2010 issue of Flashquake.
"The Gulls: A Ghazal." Poem in Eclectica Magazine.
"Catch." Aries: A Journal of Creative Expression.
"On Hair." Pif Magazine, April 2010.
“There is no my life,” and “Silver City, New Mexico.” Barnwood, May 2010.
“Dry Season.” Spring/Summer 2010 issue of the Aurorean.
"The Shoot." Southern Poetry Review, 2010.
“The Killdeer.” Issue 66 of the The New York Quarterly.
"Lobster-Boy." Hiram Poetry Review, 2010.
"Beer Wench." The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, 2010.
"Lent." Poem in Iodine Poetry Journal, Winter 2010.
"The Day the Bird Flu Breaks Out." Illuminations, July 2009.
“Three Haiku.” The Haiku Quarterly, Number 37, Summer 2009.
"The Paper and the Pen." The Deronda Review, Spring/Summer 2009.
“Apple-Gray”; “I am Not a Caesar” and “Un-Dress.” Poems in Bellowing Ark.
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