Rob Davidson

Fiction Writer

Chico, CA

California US

Email:

rgdavidson@csuchico.edu

Website:

www.robdavidsonauthor.net

Author's Bio

I am the author of six books, including Welcome Back to the World: A Novella and Stories (Cornerstone Press, 2024), winner of the 2025 National Indie Excellence Award for Short Fiction. My fiction, essays and interviews have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Indiana Review, New Delta Review, South Dakota Review, and elsewhere. My honors include a Fulbright award, multiple Pushcart Prize nominations, and an AWP Intro Journals Project Award in fiction. Twice appointed Artist in Residence at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, I've led workshops at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, the Anderson Island Writing Retreat, the Redding Writers Forum, and other events. I teach creative writing and American literature at California State University, Chico. Please visit www.robdavidsonauthor.net

Instagram & Threads: robdavidson9
BlueSky Social: @robdavidson9.bsky.social

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Welcome Back to the World: A Novella and Stories (Cornerstone Press, 2024)

What Some Would Call Lies: Novellas (Five Oaks Press, 2018)

Spectators: Flash Fictions (Five Oaks Press, 2017)

The Farther Shore: Stories (Bear Star Press, 2012)

The Master and the Dean (University of Missouri Press, 2005)

Field Observations: Stories (University of Missouri Press, 2001)

Journals:

Another Chicago Magazine

Hayden's Ferry Review

Real

ZYZZYVA

Prizes won:

National Indie Excellence Award for Short Fiction (2025); Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar, Taiwan (2015-2016); Camber Press Fiction Chapbook Award, judged by Ron Carlson (2009); AWP Intro Journals Project Award, fiction (1997)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Born in:

Duluth, MN

Minnesota

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Last update: Jan 22, 2026