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Kirk Wilson [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Austin, TX
Texas US
Email: 
kirkwilsonbooks@gmail.com
Bio: 

Kirk Wilson’s books include the story collection OUT OF SEASON, the poetry collection SONGBOX, the poetry chapbook THE EARLY WORD, and UNSOLVED, a nonfiction crime study published in six editions in the US and UK. Kirk’s fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are widely published in literary journals and anthologies, including Conjunctions, Idaho Review, New England Review, Story, and many others. His awards include an NEA Fellowship, the Elixir Press Fiction Award, the Trio House Press Trio Award, Editor’s Awards and other prizes in all three genres, and two Pushcart nominations. Kirk’s website is www.KirkWilsonBooks.com [2].

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Karen Russell, Joy Williams, Hannah Tinti, Kazuo Ishiguro, W.G. Sebald, John Berger, John Banville, Olga Tokarczuk
Born in: 
Beeville, TX
Texas
Raised in: 
Austin, TX
Texas
Website: 
https://www.KirkWilsonBooks.com [3]
Prizes won: 
  • Elixir Press Fiction Award, Elixir Press, 2021
  • Trio Award, Trio House Press, 2020 
  • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2018
  • Editor's Award in Creative Nonfiction, Florida Review, 2019
  • Finalist, Mudfish Poetry Prize, 2019
  • Finalist, Howling Bird Fiction Prize, 2019
  • Best Poets of 2018, Black Mountain Press
  • Finalist, St. Lawrence Book Award, Black Lawrence Press, 2018
  • Finalist, Elixir Press Award for Fiction, 2018
  • Finalist, Fabulist Fiction Prize, Omnidawn Publishing, 2018
  • Semifinalist, Katherine Anne Porter Prize, 2018
  • Finalist, Crazyhorse Nonfiction Prize, 2017
  • Finalist, Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest, 2017
  • New Millennium Award for Nonfiction, 2016
  • Pushcart Prize nomination for memoir/essay, 2013
  • Finalist, Wordstock Short Fiction Competition, 2011.
  • Finalist, Machigonne Award for Fiction, 2011
  • Byliners Award, Best Nonfiction Book, 1990
  • Georgia B. Lucas Poetry Award, 1967
  • Pushcart Prize nomination for poetry, 2020
  • Shortlisted for First Pages Prize, 2023
What I'm reading now: 
The Changeling by Joy Williams
The Traitor's Niche by Ismail Kadare
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
Writers Retreats: 
Juniper Summer Writing Institute
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/kirk_wilson [2] http://www.KirkWilsonBooks.com [3] https://www.KirkWilsonBooks.com