Richard Holeton

Fiction Writer

Montara, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Richard Holeton is author of the hypertext novel Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, widely exhibited electronic and multimedia literature, and fiction, experimental poetry, or hybrid work in Indiana Review, Mississippi Review, ZYZZYVA, Vassar Review, and Forklift, Ohio, among other journals. His awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, the Brown Foundation, and the California Arts Council. A former teacher and administrator at Stanford University and Assistant Vice Provost for Learning Environments, Emeritus, he lives on the coast near Half Moon Bay, California. More information is available at richardholeton.org.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
8th Annual Writer's Digest Competition Collection (, 2008)
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The Fish Anthology 2007 (Fish Publishing, 2007)
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The Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 1 (Electronic Literature Organization, 2006)
Book:
Figurski at Findhorn on Acid (Eastgate Systems, 2001)
Journals:
Alchemy
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Black Ice
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Cult Magazine
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Five Fingers Review
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Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
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Mississippi Review
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Open: Journal of Arts & Letters
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Tattoo Highway
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Transfer
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Prizes won: 
  • Brown Foundation Fellow (Dora Maar House Fellowship, 2015)
  • MacDowell Fellow (Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Fellowship, 2014)
  • NEA Fellow (National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 2012
  • Artists Fellowship in Fiction (California Arts Council, 1989)
  • Transatlantic Review Award (Henfield Foundation, 1986)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Laurence Sterne, Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Orange, NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Bellevue, WA
Washington
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Last update: Nov 10, 2022