Publications
Select published creative work by Natalie Harris-Spencer
Fiction
- Cheek, Pleiades Magazine, 44.1: Spring 2024
- Fish Mother, Chestnut Review, Volume 4.3, Winter 2023
- Terminal Never, Subnivean, Issue 7
- Missed, Blood Tree Literature, Issue 12
- Porch Swing, The Dark Sire, Issue 10, Winter 2022
- The Art of Ironing, Pulp Literature, Issue 33, Winter 2022
- From Home, Bright Flash Literary Review
- Daddy Ryder, The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 4
- Oubliette, Stonecoast Review, Issue 14
- Phrenology, The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 1
- Open Heart Massage, Breathe, CultureCult Anthology of Science Fiction
- Fish Out of Water, Oyster River Pages, Issue 4.1
- Labor Day Weekend, Archipelago Fiction Anthology, Volume 02
- The Altitude Otter, The Drabble
- Nourishment, Gair Rhydd
- A Performance to the Island, Gair Rhydd
Nonfiction
- Speed Date Spouses, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters
- How to be Old, Allegory Ridge, Issue 06
- Cracks, Hobart
- Expat Guilt, Dissonance Magazine
- The Great British Guide to Dining Out in America, The Satirist
Awards and recognition
- Accepted, 2026 Juried Fiction Workshop, Bread Loaf
- Accepted, 2026 Juried Writers’ Workshop, Community of Writers
- Accepted, 2026 Juried Fiction Workshop, Sewanee Writers’ Conference
- Accepted, 2026 Juried Fiction Workshop, Kenyon Review Residential Writers Workshop
- Participant, 2026 Juried Fiction Workshop, Sirenland Writers’ Conference, Positano, Italy
- Participant, 2025 Juried Fiction Workshop, Aspen Summer Words
- Top Pick (suspense category), 2024 Killer Nashville Claymore Awards for best first 50 pages of an unpublished manuscript
- Participant and Class Representative, 2024 Juried Crime Fiction Workshop with Laura Lippman, Writers in Paradise
- Accepted, 2023 Juried Fiction Workshop, Aspen Summer Words
- Winner, 2022 Stubborn Writers Contest, Chestnut Review
- Finalist, 2022 Stubborn Writers Contest, Chestnut Review
- Participant, 2022 Juried Fiction Workshop with ZZ Packer, Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
- Participant, 2022 Juried Writers’ Workshop, Community of Writers
- Participant, 2022 Advanced Novel Writing with Mark Spencer, Writer’s Digest University
- Finalist, 2nd Annual TDS Creative Awards, The Dark Sire
- Semi-Finalist, Flash Fiction Contest, Ember Chasm Review
- Winner, 2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, Pulp Literature
- Shortlisted (two stories), 2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, Pulp Literature
- Longlisted (two stories), 2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, Pulp Literature
- Shortlisted, Flash Villain Contest, The Molotov Cocktail
- Cover Story, The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 1
- Semi-Finalist, Stubborn Artists Contest, Chestnut Review
- Selected, Emerging Fiction Voices, Oyster River Pages
Interviews and readings
- Chestnut Review Winter 2023 Launch Party, Chestnut Review
- Podcast Guest, Conversations with Animals
- Natalie Harris-Spencer and Sally Rosen Kindred: Stone House Readers’ Series
- Contributor Showcase Interview, Oyster River Pages
- Morgan Talty, Jenzo DuQue, and Natalie Harris-Spencer, Stone House Readers’ Series
- Pulp Literature Summer 2021 Launch, Pulp Literature
Articles
- Top Things To Do in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Londonist
- The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: One Year On, Londonist
- Screw the 5-2 Diet: Eat Less, Move More, The Huffington Post
- Style and Substance in Sri Lanka, The Huffington Post
- London Fashion Week 2013: Inspiring Autumn High Street Trends, The Huffington Post
- Alternative Valentine’s for Lovers and Haters, The Huffington Post
- Beyond Comparison: The Aggressive Ascent of Price Comparison Websites, The Huffington Post
- Social Media Week Events: Why You Need to Come Armed, The Huffington Post
- A Life Less Ordinary: How I Came to Perform in the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, The Huffington Post
- Claiming Back the Stereotype, The Huffington Post
- The Great North-South Divide, The Huffington Post
- Medusas, Murderesses and the Media, The Huffington Post
- Amy Winehouse: The Nice Jewish Girl, The Huffington Post
- Baby on Board? Wear the Badge, The Huffington Post
- How to Celebrate Christmukkah in London, Time Out London (print edition)
- London’s Creepiest Valentine’s Dates, Time Out London (print edition)
- The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 100-Year Highlights, Time Out London (print edition)
- Christmukkah: How to Celebrate the Best of Both Festivals, Time Out London (print edition)
- London’s Weird and Wonderful Offices, Time Out London (print edition)
- Natalie’s Five Secret London Spots, Time Out London (print edition)
Publications
Print editions
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