Hadley Franklin is the 2023 winner of the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize. Her work has been published in The London Magazine, Joyland, Cagibi, The Boiler, Narrative, and others. She holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU’s Creative Writing Program, and she...
At Civitella, I found the perfect environment to focus on my work and experiment with new ideas. The combination of solitude and community gave me the freedom to develop my projects, which explore themes of migration and the environment. The support from fellow...