Ashley Shelby

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota US

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2004)
Journals:
Beacon Street Review
,
Gastronomica
, ,
Sierra
,

Fiction

Books:
Muri (Radix Media, 2019)
,
South Pole Station: A Novel (Picador, 2017)
Prizes won: 

2017 Lascaux Prize in Fiction, 2016 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant 2016 Enizagam Short Story Prize 2016 Red Hen Press Short Fiction Award 2012 Sustainable Arts Foundation "Promise Award" 2010 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant 2009 Third Coast Fiction Prize, Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Artist Fellowship 2009, Bush Foundation Fellowship Finalist, 2009 William Faulkner Short Fiction Award 2002

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, Children, Disability, LGBTQ, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Teachers, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
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Last update: Sep 23, 2021