LARRYLOEBELL

Larry Loebell received his MA from Colorado State University and his MFA from Temple University. His story 49 Seconds in the Box was prizewinner in the 2015 Marguerite McGlinn National Short Story Competition, and was published in the Fall, 2015 issue of Philadelphia Stories. Other stories have appeared in Writing Aloud and Wind Journal. His first collection of short stories, The Abundance League, was published in 2016. In his review, Sam Gridley wrote, “Engrossed with our material world and critical of it, focused both on the ordinary and on the weird that lies just below the surface of the ordinary, these are fascinating and unique stories, unlike those I’ve seen from any other contemporary writer.” His book of novellas, Seven Steps Ahead, appeared in the fall of 2017. Larry’s first novel, Tough Girl in the Jam, set in the world of women’s professional roller derby, was published in 2019 by Milford House Press. As a playwright, Loebell’s career highlights include a “Best New Play” Barrymore Award nomination for House Divided, four Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships, and grants from the EST/Sloan Science Foundation, and the National Council for Jewish Culture, and productions in New York, LA, and elsewhere. Three of his full-length plays have been published as have many scene excerpts, short plays, and monologues. He wrote and directed a low budget feature film, Dostoyevsky Man, loosely based on Notes from Underground which was a “Fringe First” in the 2012 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. He won Emmy Award recognition as a writer on the first season of the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats. For the past decade, Larry has split his time between Philadelphia, PA, (November through April) and Saranac Lake, NY, (May through October).