Carmen Maria Machado - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In a story by this author, the narrator states she does not know whether the area protected by a green ribbon was “wet with blood and openings or smooth and neutered like the nexus between the legs of a doll.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this author whose collection Her Body and Other Parties opens with “The Husband Stitch.”

ANSWER: Carmen Maria Machado

[10m] Machado is currently visiting faculty at this university, her alma mater. This university’s MFA faculty have included Marilynne Robinson and Raymond Carver.

ANSWER: University of Iowa [accept Iowa Writer’s Workshop]

[10e] Machado also wrote a memoir about an abusive lesbian relationship titled for a “Dream” one of these places. One of these places “On Mango Street” titles a Sandra Cisneros novel.

ANSWER: house [accept In the Dream House; accept The House on Mango Street]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	11.67	92%	17%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	11.00	100%	10%	0%
North	Main	Y	10	19.00	100%	50%	40%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	0%	100%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	92%	33%	17%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Stanford C	Berkeley D	0	0	10	10
Berkeley E	Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
Berkeley F	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
UCSC	Berkeley A	0	0	10	10
Claremont Scripps	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
USC	UCI	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSB	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	Guelph A	0	0	10	10
McGill A	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
Toronto D	McGill C	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
Toronto C	Queen's B	0	0	10	10
Toronto A	Toronto E	10	10	10	30
Toronto H	Toronto G	0	0	10	10
Ottawa	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
McGill B	Toronto J	0	10	10	20
Carleton	Toronto K	0	0	10	10
Toronto Metropolitan	McMaster B	0	0	10	10
Western Ontario	Guelph B	0	0	0	0
UF D	Melbourne B	0	0	10	10
Melbourne A	ERAU A	0	0	10	10
ERAU B	FSU	0	0	10	10
UF A	UCF B	0	0	10	10
FIU	USF	0	10	10	20
UCF A	UF E	10	0	10	20
CWRU B	MSU B	0	0	10	10
CWRU C	OSU A	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	OSU B	10	10	10	30
OSU C	Kenyon A	0	10	10	20
CWRU D	OSU D	0	0	10	10
MSU A	Pitt B	0	0	10	10
Pitt C	CWRU A	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Clemson B	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
Liberty C	James Madison	0	0	10	10
Roanoke	Liberty A	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	NC State	0	10	10	20
North Carolina A	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Tusculum	Virginia A	0	0	10	10
Virginia B	North Carolina C	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina B	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	South Carolina B	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	George Washington B	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Georgetown A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Notre Dame E	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	Penn A	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	0	0	10	10
UMBC A	Catholic University	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins B	VCU A	0	0	10	10
Maryland D	George Washington A	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Swarthmore A	Lehigh A	0	0	10	10
Princeton A	Lehigh B	0	0	10	10
Vassar A	Rutgers B	0	0	10	10
Rowan A	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU C	10	0	10	20
WashU D	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
Truman State	WashU C	0	10	10	20
WashU A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
William Woods	SIUE	0	10	10	20
Georgetown B	George Mason C	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Illinois A	0	0	10	10
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
Chicago D	Notre Dame D	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Macalester B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Kentucky	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame C	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	UIC	0	10	10	20
Tufts A	BC A	0	0	10	10
Yale A	Amherst B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Lloyd George	Bowdoin A	0	0	10	10
Cornell-UG	Brandeis Orlando	0	0	10	10
Yale B	Brandeis Wilson	0	0	0	0
Brown A	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	10	10	20
BU	Brown B	0	0	10	10
Brown C	BC B	0	10	10	20
Harvard	MIT B	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth	Tufts B	0	0	10	10
Williams	Amherst A	0	0	10	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
British Columbia D	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Washington A	Alberta	0	0	10	10
Simon Fraser	Washington B	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Bowdoin B	10	10	10	30
Alberta B	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Ohio	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Iowa	10	0	10	20
UTD A	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Arizona State B	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Texas A	UCO	0	0	10	10
Tulsa	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
McGill D	UTD B	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Alabama B	Huntsville A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Bruin A	UAB A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Huntsville B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Imperial A	10	10	10	30
RIT A	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Cornell-DII	0	0	10	10
Rochester	Syracuse	0	0	10	10
ESF	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10