Kirk Wilson

Kirk Wilson's work in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry is widely published in literary journals and anthologies. His awards include prizes in all three genres, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Pushcart Prize nomination. His previous publications include The Early Word, a poetry chapbook from Burning Deck press, and Unsolved, a tru... e crime classic published in six editions in the US and UK. Trio House Press has chosen Kirk's poetry collection SONGBOX for its Trio Award . The collection will be published in 2021. In "Banquo's Ghost," a literary critic's life is interrupted by visits from the child-sized ghost of her ex-husband, in a story written by the fabulist who is the subject of her studies. Check it out in the September, 2020 issue of New England Review . Kirks essay Skin the Bunny is the winner of The Florida Review Editors Award in Creative Nonfiction. The essay is published in the journal's 2020 issue. Earlier, the essay was a finalist for the Wabash Prize in Nonfiction. Read Kirk's story The Apocalypse, with Breath Mints in the 2020 issue (#18) of The Idaho Review . Previously, Apocalypse was shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize, an international competition based in the UK. Kirk's story The Goat's Eye was selected for This Side of the Divide , an anthology released in February, 2019 by Baobab Press. Two of Kirk's poems were selected for The 64 Best Poets of 2018, from Black Mountain Press . Two of Kirk's poems will be published in the May, 2019 issue of The Woven Tale . The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded Kirk a Creative Writing Fellowship for 2018. Kirks memoir/essay Secrets of Kirby Hall has been published in the Fall 2017 issue of Crazyhorse , as a finalist for the Crazyhorse Nonfiction Prize. Kirk is the winner of the New Millennium Award for Non-Fiction. Read the winning story here . Kirk's short story "The Goat's Eye" was published in the Spring, 2012 issue of Meridian . As a finalist in the Machigonne Fiction Contest, "The Story You've Never Heard About ...Read More