B. Lynn Carter

B. Lynn Carter
I was born and raised in the Bronx NY. I earned a degree in creative writing from CCNY (The City College of New York.)
My multi-award-winning debut novel “Jus Breathe,” was published by Between The Lines Publications and launched on October 11th, 2022.
Since its launch, “Jus Breathe” has won 1st place in the prestigious 2023 International Book Award for African American fiction! The book has won the Pen Craft Best Book of 2023 award, as well as 2nd place in the Pencraft Award for literary excellence. In addition, Jus Breathe has won the Firebird Grand Prize for general fiction, the Firebird Award for African American fiction and the Firebird award for best cover art. The book was also a finalist In the Independent Author Network’s award competition and got honorable mention in the New York Book Fests 2023 award competition.
I have had short stories published in various literary magazines. My short story “One Wild Ride,” published by Aaduna magazine, was nominated for the Pushcart award in 2014. My short story "Las Sinverquenzas,” originally published by Drunk Monkeys magazine in 2012 has been republished by Querencia Press in their fall’22 anthology.
My second novel “The Eyes Have It’ (as yet unpublished,) has won the first-place prize for fiction, in The Black Writers Workspace "Chapter One" competition.
As of this writing “The Eyes Have It” is a semi-finalist and in the running for finalist and possibly “winner,” in the Chanticleer Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. I am cautiously optimistic that the novel will make the cut into ‘finalist’ status and has the potential to go on to “winner!”