Tracie Dawson is a writer & editor based in Columbia, SC. Her work has appeared in ESPNW, New World Writing, Word Riot, and elsewhere. She holds an M.F.A. in Fiction from the University of South Carolina, where she served as editor for Yemassee Journal, and an M.A. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her writing has received support from the Sundress Academy of the Arts and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. She is currently at work on a road novel.