Richard Holeton

Poet, Fiction Writer

Montara, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Richard Holeton is author of Step Away from the Pizza: Fictions, etc. and the cult classic hypertext novel Figurski at Findhorn on Acid (figurskiatfindhornonacid.com), other multimedia and electronic literature, academic scholarship, and college textbooks. His short fiction, nominated for both Pushcart and Best American awards, has been published widely in literary journals such as Cimarron Review, Indiana Review, Mississippi Review, ZYZZYVA, Vassar Review, Notre Dame Review, and Cult Magazine. His awards include fellowships and residencies from MacDowell, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Brown Foundation/Dora Maar House, the California Arts Council, and the Henfield Foundation. A former writing teacher and administrator at Stanford University, he currently serves as Associate Editor for Flash Literature for Open: Journal of Arts & Letters. Holeton lives near Half Moon Bay, California, on unceded ancestral land of the Ramaytush Ohlone. Please see richardholeton.com for more information.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
8th Annual Writer's Digest Competition Collection (, 2008)
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The Fish Anthology 2007 (Fish Publishing, 2007)
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The Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 1 (Electronic Literature Organization, 2006)
Book:
Figurski at Findhorn on Acid (Eastgate Systems, 2001)
Journals:
Alchemy
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Black Ice
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Cult Magazine
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Five Fingers Review
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Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
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Mississippi Review
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Open: Journal of Arts & Letters
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Tattoo Highway
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Transfer
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Poetry

Anthology:
Darkroom Art (Watson-Guptill, 1981)
Journals:
Forklift, Ohio
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Notre Dame Review
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Poetry Hotel
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Prizes won: 
  • Brown Foundation Fellow (Dora Maar House Fellowship, 2015)
  • MacDowell Fellow (Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Fellowship, 2014)
  • NEA Fellow (National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 2012
  • Artists Fellowship in Fiction (California Arts Council, 1989)
  • Transatlantic Review Award (Henfield Foundation, 1986)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Laurence Sterne, Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett, George Saunders

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Orange, NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Bellevue, WA
Washington
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Last update: Oct 14, 2025