Articles Written By: Teresa Burns Murphy

I am so pleased that my short story “Hooks” received an honorable mention for the 2016 Mary Mackey Short Story Prize.   Read more

I'm grateful that my essay “Liz, Mom, and the Witch” received an honorable mention for the 2016 Jamie Cat Callan Humor Prize. The essay originally appeared on Bethany Wallace’s Daily Dose of Gratitude Blog. Read "Liz, Mom, and the Witch"      Read more

I am pleased that my short story, "Vampire Night," has been published in the Autumn, 2016 issue of Evening Street Review. Evening Street Review is published twice a year by Evening Street Press in Sacramento, CA.Read more

It was so energizing visiting with the students in Mr. Boyer’s fifth grade classroom in the Fairfax County Public Schools on June 9. We discussed my middle grade novel, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?  Many thanks to these fifth graders for welcoming me into their classroom and sharing their thoughts with me.Read more

I recently wrote an essay about writing titled “In Search of the Right Word: A Meditation on the Writing (and Rewriting) Life” for Rkvry Quarterly Literary Journal’s Blog edited by Mary Akers. Read “In Search of the Right Word.”Read more

I am delighted that my short story, “Neat Life With Scars,” has been published in the May 2016 issue of Stirring: A Literary Collective. Stirring is a monthly literary magazine that publishes poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography. Read Stirring: A Literary Collection Read "Neat Life With Scars"        Read more

I am thrilled that my essay, “Peeling Away the Mask,” has been published in Rkvry Quarterly Literary Journal. Rkvry, an online journal edited by Mary Akers, publishes essays, poetry, fiction, and art. The Spring 2016 “Hurricane” issue is beautifully illustrated by Lori McNamara. Read Rkvry Read "Peeling Away the Mask"      Read more

I was recently interviewed for The Penmen Review by Pamme Boutselis, a writer and content director at Southern New Hampshire University. Read the InterviewRead more

I am so pleased that my short story, “Blue Recliner,” has been published in The Penmen Review, Southern New Hampshire University’s online literary journal. In addition to short stories, The Penmen Review publishes poetry, essays, and book and script excerpts.    Read more