Elie Piha

About

Elie Piha is a firefighter and writer living in Ithaca, New York. A graduate of Cornell’s MFA – Creative Writing Program, Elie’s worked as a bartender, an after school teacher, and a warehouser. He was an airborne infantryman in the Army from 2008 to 2012. Elie is represented by Ian Bonaparte of Janklow and Nesbit.

Publications

“Thinking About Women on the Other Side of the World” 2016 Southwest Review 1st Place David Nathan Meyerson Award for Short Fiction

“Looking For Bowe” War, Literature and the Arts 2020

“Mule” 3rd Place CRAFT Literary 2020 Short Fiction Award

“A Sandwich is a Concept” The SUN Magazine – February 2023

Honorable Mentions:

“Hotel Indigo” Finalist 2020 Indiana Review Fiction Prize

“Thermometer” Semi-finalist 2019 Meridian Short Prose Prize