Ryan Masters

Poet

Lompico, CA
California US
Email: 
ryanmasters831@gmail.com
Website: 
ryanmasters831.com/

Author's Bio

Ryan Masters is a writer and poet from Santa Cruz, CA. He spent a decade on staff at the Santa Cruz Sentinel and The Monterey County Weekly. He is a frequent contributor to The Surfer's Journal and former poet-in-residence for the City of Pacific Grove, CA. The author of a chapbook, below the low-water mark, his work has also appeared in publications such as The Iowa Review, Catamaran Literary Reader, The Portland Review, Tule Review, and Unlikely Stories. His first collection of fiction, Above an Abyss: Two Novellas was published by Radial Books in December 2018. Read the Kirkus Review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-revie...

Education: 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
The Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets (Chatoyant, 2004)
,
So Luminous the Wildflowers (Tebot Bach, 2003)
Book:
Below the Low-Water Mark (Pudding House Publications, 2003)
Journals:
California Quarterly
,
Homestead Review
,
Iowa Review
,
Plum Ruby Review
,
Portland Review
,
Tule Review
,
Unlikely Stories
,
Whimperbang
Prizes won: 
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz Short Story Prize 2020 - Third Place - "Puzzle Box"
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz Short Story Prize 2019 - Third Place - "No Whispering, No Secrets"

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Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Mountain View, CA
California
Raised in: 
Los Gatos, CA
California
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Last update: Apr 23, 2020