Bob Mustin

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Dahlonega, GA
Georgia US
Email: 
gridleyfires@gmail.com
Website: 
www.gridleyfiresbooks.com

Author's Bio

I have been a North Carolina Writers Network writer-in-residence at Peace College under Doris Betts' guiding hand. In the early '90s, I was the editor of a small literary journal, The Rural Sophisticate, based in Georgia.  My work has appeared in The Rockhurst Review, Elysian Fields Quarterly, Cooweescoowee, Under The Sun, Gihon River Review, Reflections Literary Journal, and at thesquaretable.com, raving dove, Sport Literate, The Externalist, Language and Culture, and R.KV.R.Y in electronic form.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Journals:
Cooweescoowee
,
Elysian Fields Quarterly
,
Gihon River Review
,
Imitation Fruit Literary Journal
,
SLAB
,
Sport Literate
,
The Externalist
,
Under the Sun

Fiction

Book:
Sam's Place - Stories (AuthorMike Ink, 2013)
Journals:
R.kv.r.y
,
Raving Dove
,
Reflections Literary Journal
,
Rockhurst Review
Prizes won: 
  1. The Perfection of Valor, Gridley Fires Books Press, Military Writers Society of America, Silver Medal Award, 2018
  2. The Third Reich's Last Eagle, Omonomany Pess, Military Writers Society of America, Bronze Medal Award, 2015
  3. "The Outer Masquerade," The Virginia Writer's Club, 2nd Place, 2012 Golden Nib Contest Awards.
  4. “Grandpa Tom’s Cane,” North Carolina Writer’s Network (Winner - NCWN Rose Post Creative Non-Fiction Prize for 2007).
  5. “Crazy Quit,” Reflections Literary Journal, Vol. 8, 2006 (Honorable Mention, 2006 Short Fiction Award).
  6. "Warming Wood," Byron Herbert Reece International Poetry Awards, 1997
  7. National Civil Engineers Contest of Poetic Excellence, 1996, The Editorial Staff of Civil Engineering News

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
John Steinbeck Ernest Hemingway Ron Hansen Cormack McCarthy Connie May Fowler

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Shreveport, LA
Louisiana
Raised in: 
everywhere
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Last update: Jan 25, 2024