Ryan Shoemaker

Fiction Writer

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Author's Bio

Ryan Shoemaker was raised in Auburn, Washington. His work appears in Silk Road Review, Santa Monica Review, Grist: A Journal for Writers, Monkeybicycle, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Gulf Stream, and Juked, among others.

Ryan holds an MA from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

Booth

Bull: Men's Fiction

Dialogue

Fiction Desk Anthology Series

Grist: The Journal for Writers

Gulf Stream

Hawai'i Review

Juked

Kugelmass: A Journal of Literary Humor

MacGuffin

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Weber Studies

Prizes won:

Second place, Sunstone Fiction Contest; Review for Beyond the Lights featured in Kirkus Reviews; Second place, Sunstone Fiction Contest; Semi-finalist, St. Lawrence Book Award, Beyond the Lights: Stories;

Honorable mention, Eggtooth Editions Chapbook Contest; Finalist, Association of Mormon Letters Award for Short Story, “The Righteous Road”; Pushcart nomination, Grist: The Journal for Writers; New Voices Award, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought; Pushcart nomination, Irreantum; First place, IrreantumFiction Contest; First place, 2008 Best in Fiction Award, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought; New Voices Award, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought; Second place, Salt Lake City Weekly Fiction Contest

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

Italian

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Last update: Mar 13, 2019