Publications:
Jennifer’s first novel will be published in the spring of 2026 through Apprentice House Press.
“Boob Tube” Stonecoast Review https://www.thestonecoastreview.org/issue-23/boob-tube, June 2025
“These Days” forthcoming in August 2025 in The Masters Review
Her chapbook, Reclamation Days, was a finalist in The Masters Review 2024 Chapbook Open, April 2025
Her chapbook, Reclamation Days, was also a finalist in the 2025 MWPA Chapbook Competition
“Well-Kept” Wow! Women on Writing Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest, February 2024
https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Jennifer-Braunfels.html
“Brief Conversations Between Me, a Woman in Treatment After a Cancer Diagnosis, and a Collection of Delightful Morons I Have Encountered Since” was published in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/authors/jennifer-braunfels
“Hollow Man” was published in As You Were: The Military Review.
https://militaryexperience.org/as-you-were-the-military-review-vol-19/hollow-man/
Her short story, "That's All, Folks," was published in the Whiskey Tit Journal.
https://whiskeytit.com/article/thats-all-folks/
Her flash piece, “Captive,” was published on the Free Flash Fiction website.
https://freeflashfiction.com/fiction/captive/
Honorable Mentions:
Her short story, "Devil's Inkwell," got an honorable mention in the Wow! Women on Writing Fall 2021 Flash Fiction Contest
Her memoir piece, “Camelot,” got an Honorable Mention in the WOW! Women on Writing Q1 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest.
Her piece, “Surrender Ridge,” got an Honorable Mention in the 2022 TCK Publishing Flash Fiction Awards Contest.
Her “Threshold” piece got an Honorable Mention in the Wow! Women on Writing Quarter Three Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest 2023.
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Interviews with Jennifer:
https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-jennifer-braunfels-fall.html
https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2023/04/interview-with-jennifer-braunfels-fall.html
Workshops Jennifer has participated in:
Black Fly Writers Retreat
Kenyon Review 2022 Workshop for Teachers
Grown Folks Business with Jean Chen Ho
Preparing Your Manuscript Like The Pros with Cherie Postill
Stonecoast Writers Fiction Conference through The University of Southern Maine
Stonecoast Writers Nonfiction Conference through The University of Southern Maine
Jennifer is a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.