Lex Williford, former bilingual MFA program chair and winner of the 1993 Iowa Short Fiction Award and the 2016 Rose Metal Flash Fiction chapbook award, teaches at UT, El Paso.

• Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship - Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM (03/01/2020)
• Jane Geuting Camp Fellowship - Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (05/21/2018)
• 2018 Petrichor Reprint Award, Semi-Finalist - Petrichor magazine, the first literary magazine sponsored by Audible.com. (05/01/2018)
• Judge for the Beacon Street Award, Redivider Magazine - Redivider Magazine (09/25/2017)
• Judge, Travel Writing essays, 2017 UTEP Department of Creative Writing Awards - Department of Creative Writing (02/01/2017-02/28/2017)
• Judge, UT Board of Regents Undergraduate Award in Creative Writing, UTEP, February 2017 - UT Board of Regents (02/01/2017-02/28/2017)
• 2017 Pushcart Prize Nomination, “The Pool” [“Eveline’s Pool” in the novel in stories I’m writing] Elm Leaves Journal, 2017. - Elm Leaves Journal (01/01/2017)
• Guest Editor, Smokelong Quarterly, December 12-18, 2016. - Smokelong Quarterly (12/01/2016-12/31/2016)
• 2015 10th Annual Rose Metal Press Flash Fiction Chapbook Award - Rose Metal Press (12/31/2015)
• 2014 UTEP Arts and Humanities Career Enhancement Award - UTEP Provost's Office (01/09/2015)
• Judge for the Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Contest - University of Florida Press (06/13/2013)
• 2012, “Superman on the Roof,” Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train, Short-Short Story Award - Glimmer Train Stories (03/27/2013)
• 2011, “Broken Bow,” Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train, Short-Short Story Award - Glimmer Train Stories (09/26/2012)
• Squaw Valley Writers Conference, Screenwriting Scholarship - 2004, “Hotel Mariposa,” Squaw Valley Writers Conference (07/01/2004)
• 2002, “Nate and Drake,” Finalist, 2001 Writers Digest Short-Short Story Award - Writers' Digest (03/01/2003)
• 2002, “Nate and Drake,” Finalist, Glimmer Train, Short-Short Story Award - Glimmer Train Stories (03/01/2003)
• 2003, “A Cross for Sister Mary Joseph,” Finalist, Glimmer Train, Short-Short Story Award (03/01/2003)
• 2001, “Hotel Mariposa,” Second Round (top ten percent), Heart of Film Screenplay Competition, 2001 Austin Film Festival. - Austin Film Festival (03/01/2001)
• 2001, “Hotel Mariposa,” Semifinalist, Quarterfinalist, Texas Film Institute Screenwriting Fellowship - Texas Film Institute (03/01/2001)
• 1999, 2000 “Hotel Mariposa,” Semifinalist, Screenwriting Fellowship, The Writer’s Film Project, Chesterfield Film Co. - Chesterfield Film Company (03/01/2000)
• 1999, “Hotel Mariposa,” Semifinalist, Screenwriting Fellowship, The Sundance Film Festival Screenwriting Contest. - Sundance Film Festival (03/01/1999)
• 1998, Special Mention for “Jesse,” in The Pushcart Prizes, XXII. - Pushcart Prizes` (03/01/1998)
• 1997, Screenwriting Fellowship, Squaw Valley Writers’ Conference, Squaw Valley, CA. - Squaw Valley Writers’ Conference (05/01/1997)
• 1997 Pushcart Prize nomination, by Michael Martone, for Pushcart Prizes, XXII. - Pushcart Prizes (03/01/1997)
• 1997, Pushcart Prize nomination, American Literary Review, by Lee Martin, for Pushcart Prizes, XXII. - Pushcart Prizes` (03/01/1997)
• 1997, Pushcart Prize nomination, by Caroline Kizer, for Pushcart Prizes, XXII. - Pushcart Prizes (03/01/1997)
• 1995, 100 Distinguished Stories of 1994, “Macauley’s Thumb”: Best American Short Stories 1995. - Best American Short Stories (03/01/1995)
• 1994, Pushcart Prize nomination, by Rick Bass, for Pushcart Prizes, XIX. - Pushcart Prizes (03/01/1994)
• 1994, Shane Stevens Fellowship in Fiction, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury, VT. - Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference (03/01/1994)
• 1993, Iowa School of Letters Short Fiction Award for Macauley’s Thumb, University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Francine Prose. - University of Iowa Press (03/01/1993)
• 1993, National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature. - National Endowment of the Arts (01/01/1993)
• 1990 & 1991, Finalist, Screenwriting Fellowship, The Writer’s Film Project, Chesterfield Film Co., Amblin Entertainment, Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA. - 1990 & 1991, Finalist, Screenwriting Fellowship, The Writer’s Film Project, Chesterfield Film Co., Amblin Entertainment, Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA. (03/01/1991)
• 1991, Honorable Mention for “Possum Kingdom” in the World’s Best Short-Short Story Contest, Florida State University. - Florida State University, Sundog (03/01/1991)
• 1990, Special Mention for “Taking Nonie Home,” in The Pushcart Prizes, XV: Best of the Small Presses, 1990-1991. - Pushcart Prizes (03/01/1990)
• 1988/1989, Kansas Quarterly/Kansas Arts Commission First Award Story for “Taking Nonie Home,” Mary Morris, Judge. - Kansas Quarterly/Kansas Arts Commission (03/01/1989)
• 1986, Baucum-Fulkerson Award for Fiction, University of Arkansas MFA Program. - University of Arkansas MFA Program (03/01/1986)
• 1986, Scholarship, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury, VT. - Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference (03/01/1986)

• MFA in Fictional Writing, University of Arkansas (1987)
• MA in English/Creative Writing (Fiction), Stephen F. Austin State University (1984)
• BA in English, Stephen F. Austin State University (1979)

• Artistic Presentation - “Lightning Readings by Writer to Writer Alumni,” 25 short readings by Mentors and Mentees for the AWP Writer-to-Writer Mentorship Program, AWP 20 Conference, The Michener Center for Writers Stage, Henry B. González Convention Center, March 2020. (03/05/2020-03/05/2020). Association of Writers and Writing Programs. San Antonio, TX. Lex Williford.
• Other - Hero and Superhero: Pen Parentis Literary Salon (04/09/2018-04/10/2018). Fiction Reading and Discussion. Pen Parentis. New York City, NY. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - EPCC Arts Festival Open House and Reading (03/03/2017-03/24/2017). El Paso Community College, Valle Verde Campus. El Paso, TX. Lex Williford.
• Short Fiction - Anthology - “Horsewhip,” in Sleep Is A Beautiful Colour, the 2017 National Flash Fiction Day anthology, Edited by Calum Kerr, Gumbo Press, U. K. (2017). (01/01/2017-01/01/2017). 2017 National Flash Fiction Day. United Kingdom. Lex Williford.
• Creative Activities Outside of Teaching - Radio Reading and Interview, KMSU Weekly Reader, Minnesota Public Radio [http://english.mnsu.edu/weeklyreader/author_pages/willifordlex.html] (08/15/2016-08/15/2016). Minnesota State, Mankato. Mankato, MN USA. Lex Williford.
• Invitation as Guest Artist - Superman on the Roof Interview, Words on a Wire, KTEP, UTEP (10/20/2017). KTEP Radio. El Paso, TX. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - NMSU Reading with Poet Adam Crittendon (03/10/2017). New Mexico State University Department of English and Creative Writing. Las Cruces, NM. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - AWP Off-Site Reading: Welcome to the End, The Future is Wild Reading (02/10/2017). Soho Press and Rose Metal Press. Washington DC. Lex Williford.
• Other - "Bullwhip," Writers Resist Reading, El Paso Public Library, January 15, 2017 (01/15/2017). Fiction Reading. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - Bookworks Book Store Reading: Superman on the Roof (11/12/2016). Bookworks Book Store. Albuquerque, NM. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - Utah Humanities Book Festival, Helicon West Reading, with Karen Brennan (10/27/2016). Utah Humanities, Utah State University. Logan, UT. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - Utah Humanities Book Festival, Helicon West Reading, with Nate Liederbach (10/26/2016). Utah Humanities, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - “Prayer without Prayer,” Mr. Bear’s Violet Hour Saloon, a Reading of Superman on the Roof (10/18/2016). Mr. Bear’s Violet Hour Saloon. Boston, MA. Lex Williford.
• Artistic Presentation - Superman on the Roof Book Launch and Reading (09/12/2016). UTEP Department of Creative Writing. El Paso, TX 79912. Lex Williford.

• Practical Challenges and Technological Solutions for Teaching Writing and Self-Editing in Online Workshops (Routledge Studies in Creative Writing) Taylor & Francis/Routledge First Edition (in press), Lex Williford.
• Balsa and Tissue Paper Balsa and Tissue Paper, Ploughshares Solos, forthcoming as an e-book and part of an Omnibus anthology of long-form writing in Ploughshares (in press), Lex A. Williford.
• Superman on the Roof Review, The Potomac, a Journal of Poetry and Politics, Charles Rammelkamp, Winter 2017: http://thepotomacjournal.com/issue19/ArticlesReviews/Williford.html The Potomac Winter 2017 (2017), Lex Williford.
• "Horsewhip" in British National Flash Fiction Day anthology Sleep Is A Beautiful Colour Sleep Is A Beautiful Colour (anthology) Annual (2017), Lex Williford.
• "The Pool," Elm Leaves Journal, The "Dirt" Edition, Winter 2017, Buffalo State University, 12-17. Elm Leaves Journal The "Dirt" Issue, Winter 2017 (2017), Lex Williford.
• "The Pool" ["Eveline's Pool" in the novel-in-stories in progress] Elm Leaves Journal Winter 2017 (in press), Lex Williford.
• Special Focus: “For the Tale to End . . .” [the Snake Must Swallow Its Tail]" Glimmer Train Stories’ Writers Ask 73 (2017), Lex Williford.
• "Christmas Eve, 1965" Water~Stone Review 19 (in press), Lex Williford.
• "Superman on the Roof" Water~Stone Review 19 (in press), Lex Williford.
• “Where Writers Write: Lex Williford” (2016), Lex Williford.
• Superman on the Roof: A Novella in Flash (Winner of the Rose Metal Press 10th Annual Flash Fiction Chapbook Contest) Rose Metal Press (2016), Lex Williford.
• “Cherries or Cherry Bombs: Balancing Risk & Understatement in Flash Fiction” Alternating Current’s The Coil (2016), Lex Williford.
• "A Good, Green Switch from Mrs. Saurwein’s Willow" StoryQuarterly 49 Spring 2016 (2016), Lex Williford.

• Theories and Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing Online (2020), Volume Virtual Panel via Zoom (https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_news_view/4751/virtual_awp_pedagogy_moving_the_creative_writing_classroom_online_with_lucy_biederman_tamara_girardi_lex_williford_moderated_by_stephanie_vanderslice), Lex Williford.
• The Evolution of Sudden to Microfiction (2020), Volume San Antonio, TX, Lex Williford.
• Mentors Discuss the AWP Writer-to-Writer Mentorship Program (2020), Volume San Antonio, TX, Lex Williford.
• “The Long from the Short: Turning Flash Pieces into a Novel, Novella, or Memoir,” with Abigail Beckel, Kelcey Parker Ervick, Tyrese Coleman and Tara Laskowski, R132, Room 206, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, February 9, 2017. See #AWP17 Conference Report—Ryder Ziebarth on “The Long from the Short: Turning Flashes pieces into a Novel, Novella, or Memoir” Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, February 16, 2017: https://assayjournal.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/awp17-conference-report-ryder-ziebarth-on-the-long-from-the-short-turning-flashes-pieces-into-a-novel-novella-or-memoir" (2017), Volume Washington, DC, Lex Williford.
• “Shadrach and the Shadow Dragon: My Progress So Far" (2017), Volume Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, Lex Williford.

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