Kirk Wilson [1]
Listed as:
Poet, Fiction Writer

Public address:
Austin,
TX
Texas US
Email:
kirkwilsonbooks@gmail.com
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
English
Born in:
Beeville,
TX
Texas
Raised in:
Austin,
TX
Texas
Website:
Prizes won:
- Elixir Press Fiction Award, Elixir Press, 2021
- Trio Award, Trio House Press, 2020
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2018
- Editor's Award in Creative Nonfiction, Florida Review, 2019
- Finalist, Mudfish Poetry Prize, 2019
- Finalist, Howling Bird Fiction Prize, 2019
- Best Poets of 2018, Black Mountain Press
- Finalist, St. Lawrence Book Award, Black Lawrence Press, 2018
- Finalist, Elixir Press Award for Fiction, 2018
- Finalist, Fabulist Fiction Prize, Omnidawn Publishing, 2018
- Semifinalist, Katherine Anne Porter Prize, 2018
- Finalist, Crazyhorse Nonfiction Prize, 2017
- Finalist, Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest, 2017
- New Millennium Award for Nonfiction, 2016
- Pushcart Prize nomination for memoir/essay, 2013
- Finalist, Wordstock Short Fiction Competition, 2011.
- Finalist, Machigonne Award for Fiction, 2011
- Byliners Award, Best Nonfiction Book, 1990
- Georgia B. Lucas Poetry Award, 1967
- Pushcart Prize nomination for poetry, 2020
- Shortlisted for First Pages Prize, 2023
What I'm reading now:
The Changeling by
The Traitor's Niche by
American Pastoral by
Quichotte by
Writers Retreats:
Juniper Summer Writing Institute
Identifies as:
White
Prefers to work with:
Adults