M.T. Le
Official Site of Award-winning
Author & Poet
Announcements/Works in Progress
Check out my poems "Lightly Row" & "Collide" here in the Down in the Dirt issue: "The Last Guru."
Tips & Resources
Interested in becoming a writer or looking for a boost? Check out the links below and the quotes to the right.
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Write who you are. Write what you love. Write what you need to know.
Jane Friedman,
PUBLISHING 101:
A FIRST-TIME
AUTHOR'S GUIDE
Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.
J.K. Rowling,
HARRY POTTER SERIES
Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.
Tamora Pierce,
THE SONG OF THE LIONESS
Bio
Minh-Tam Le was born on 20th October 1989 at Inova Fairfax Hospital and grew up in Springfield, Virginia and in Palm Coast, Florida.
Her father, Thang, is the Maintenance Engineer at the Palm Coast Resort and her mother, Lieu, is a beautician at Le Hair and Nail in Palm Coast, Florida. She attended Flagler Palm Coast High School and has earned her undergraduate and post-grad education from five different institutions (see the “Education” tab for more information).
She graduated from the Physician Assistant Program at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 2020. From 2012-2019, she served as a blogger and then board member of Sparks Magazine, a student-run, mixed-media platform for the Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) community. She lives in Winston-Salem, NC.
Awards & Published Works
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, September 2021
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"The Zookeepers"
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International Tales of Brilliant Flash Fiction, July 2021
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"Little Dragon"
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Writer’s Digest 87th Annual Short Story Contest, July 2018
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"If Pigs Could Fly"
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Down in the Dirt, July/August 2018
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"Collide"
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"Lightly Row"
Literary Juice, August 2017
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Writer’s Digest 82nd Annual Short Story Contest, July 2013
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"Dinner"
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Volume 48 of Ellipsis literature & art, April 2012
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"A Visit"
Sparks Magazine
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♀2 Series (2013)
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Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam
Poetic Matrix, Spring/Summer 2011
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"Identity"
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Contact
For any media inquiries, please contact me:
E-mail: tamle.nihon@gmail.com
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