Teaching Assistant Professor
2015, MFA, University of Iowa, Nonfiction Writing Program
Bio
Matt Randal O’Wain specializes in 21st Century Essays, Memoir, speculative and realistic fiction. He teaches workshops and seminars in both fiction and nonfiction writing tracks.
To read more, visit my websitePublications:
“Mirrored Mezzanine,” Oxford American (Fall, 2019 “Barking Hours,” Hotel Amerika (Winter, 2019) “Halfway Between,” York Literary Review (Fall, 2018)
“Rock and Roll High School,” Little Patuxent Review (Summer, 2018) “Dear Brother,” StorySouth (Spring, 2018) “Like a One-Eyed Cat,” The Oxford American(Summer, 2015)
Hallelujah Station and Other Stories, Autumn House, 2020
Meander Belt: Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working Class South, University of Nebraska, 2019
Teaching Awards
2014 Recipient of the W.R. Irwin Award for Excellence in Teaching at The University of Iowa
2014-2015 Recipient of a University of Iowa Teaching Fellowship at the Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing
2012-2015 Recipient of a University of Iowa Teaching Fellowship in General Education Literature
2012 Recipient of a University of Iowa Teaching Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction
Awards
2018 Zone 3 Fiction Award for the short story Hallelujah Station
2018 National Endowment of the Arts, Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing, FCI Beckley
2017 Audience Choice Award UNO Film Festival, Arrow of Light
2017 Official Selection at Oxford Film Festival, Arrow of Light
2016 Official Selection at Pontchatrain Film Festival, Arrow of Light
2016 Official Selection at Memphis Indie Film Festival, Arrow of Light
2012 Departmental Distinction, English, University of North Carolina at Asheville
2012 Distinction as Undergraduate Research Scholar, University of North Carolina at Asheville
2012 Recipient of The University of North Carolina Outstanding Community Service Award, University of North Carolina at Asheville
2012 Winner of Carl Sandburg Award for Poetry
2011 Recipient of a Summer Travel Grant from the UNC Asheville Undergraduate Research Committee
2011 Recipient of The University of North Carolina William Comfort Scholarship for Excellence in Creative Writing
2010 Winner of the Oculus Award for Screenwriting
2009 Winner of the Thomas Wolfe Award for Fiction
Courses Taught:
Eng 138 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Eng 208 21st Century Essay
Eng 404 Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Eng 130 Introduction to Fiction
Eng 206 Intermediate Fiction