Cameron Conaway

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
California US
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Author's Bio

CAMERON CONAWAY is the author of six books, including Malaria, Poems, an NPR Best Book of 2014. Of the book, NPR wrote: “In the spirit of social consciousness, Cameron Conaway does the work of calling our attention.” He is a recipient of the 2016 Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative Fellowship, an honor given to one journalist each year, and his work has appeared in publications such as Newsweek, ESPN, The Guardian, Reuters, NPR, Forbes, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Rattle, and Stanford Social Innovation Review, among others. Conaway has received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the International Reporting Project, nominations for a National Magazine Award and a Pushcart Prize, and writing residencies from Penn State University, the Wellcome Trust, and the University of Arizona. He lives in San Francisco.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Journals:
(SALit) Savannah Art and Literature
,
Blue Fog Journal
,
Canopic Jar
,
Memewar Magazine
,
Ottawa Arts Review
,
The Write Room

Poetry

Books:
Chittagong (Iris Press, 2014)
,
Malaria (Michigan State University Press, 2014)
,
Until You Make the Shore (Salmon Poetry, 2013)
Chapbook:
Bonemeal (Finishing Line Press, 2013)
Journals:
Bare Root Review
,
Best Poem
,
Ghoti Magazine
,
J Journal: New Writing on Justice
, ,
Ottawa Arts Review
,
Poetry Midwest
,
Shampoo
,
Stickman Review
,
The New Writer
,
Wordsmith

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Altoona, PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Altoona, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Dec 12, 2019