Len Joy lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife and three children. For fifteen years Joy owned and operated an automobile engine remanufacturing company with plants in Phoenix, Arizona, Richmond, Virginia and Willow Springs, Missouri.
In the last year his work has appeared in Pindeldyboz, LITnIMAGE, Hobart, 3AM Magazine, Righthand...
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Len Joy lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife and three children. For fifteen years Joy owned and operated an automobile engine remanufacturing company with plants in Phoenix, Arizona, Richmond, Virginia and Willow Springs, Missouri.
In the last year his work has appeared in Pindeldyboz, LITnIMAGE, Hobart, 3AM Magazine, Righthand Pointing, Dogzplot, NightsAndWeekend, GlassFire Magazine, Slow Trains, 21Stars Review, Boston Literary Magazine and The Daily Palette (Iowa Review).
He is currently working on a novel.
His blog, “Do Not Go Gentle…” (http://lenjoy.blogspot.com/) chronicles his pursuit of USA Triathlon Age-Group Championships.
Publications & Awards
Chicago Tribune (August 26, 2005) – “The Driver”
Antithesis Common (Spring 2006) – “Patrimony”
Finalist Personal Essay Contest HappyNews.com (June 2006) “Where Your Treasure Is…”
3rd Place Canadian Travel Stories Contest (December 2006) – “Riding a Greyhound Bus into the New World”
3:AM Magazine (December 2006) – “Rocky Point Crabs – 1978”
Boston Literary Magazine (January 2007) – “What Wives Do”
21 Stars Review (June 2007) – “Life Sentences”
Nights and Weekends (June 2008) – “Mr. Tolerant”
Hobart (February 2008) – “Happy Hour”
Slow Train (July 2008) – “And Somewhere Men are Laughing”
Daily Palette (Iowa Review) – (November 2008) - “Driving Lessons and How I Saved the YMCA”
Right Hand Pointing (August 2009) – “Harlow Comes Home”
Pindeldyboz (September 2009) – “Fifteen Minutes”
LITnIMAGE (October 2009) – “The Cloud Game”
Dogzplot (October 2009) – “Pickup Line at the Ritz Carlton”
Short Story Library (October 2009) – “Casualties” (nominated for Dzance Books “Best of the Web 2010”)
Annalemma (November 2009) – “Letting Go”
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