Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue

Poet, Fiction Writer

Fort Worth, TX
Texas US
Email: 
kwheatcroftpardue@yahoo.com

Author's Bio

Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue has published over 100 poems in such magazines as The Texas Observer, Borderlands, California Quarterly, Red River Review,  Concho River Review, and two anthologies of Texas poetry. His poetry book, What I Did Not Tell You, was published by Hungry Buzzard Press in 2020.

His short stories have appeared in Lynx Eye, Chiron Review The Texas Observer (on-line only), Concho River Review, SouthLit, Verdad, Amarillo Bay, and New Texas. In 2013, He was one of four finalists for the Texas Observer Short Story Contest. 

His essays have carried in The Texas Observer, The San Antonio Express-News, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Still Crazy, Nevertheless, Dallas Peace Times, NOTES Plus, English Journal, and The Fort Worth Weekly. 

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Journals:
Amarillo Bay
,
Chiron Review
,
Concho River Review
,
Hardboiled
,
Lynx Eye
,
New Texas
,
SouthLit
,
Texas Observer
,
The Write Room
,
Verdad

Poetry

Anthologies:
Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair: Best of the Texas Poetry Calendar (Dos Gatos Press, 2008)
,
Houston Poetry Fest Anthology (Houston Poetry Festival, 1994)
,
Sleepy Tree I (Sleepy Tree Press, 1980)
Journals:
Barbaric Yawp
,
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review
,
California Quarterly
,
Concho River Review
,
Taproot Literary Review
,
Texas Observer
,
Urban Spaghetti
Prizes won: 

Finalist Texas Observer 2013 Short Story Contest

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Galveston
Raised in: 
Houston, TX
Texas
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Last update: Sep 24, 2024