Associate Professor
Office: Stabler Hall 501-T
Phone: 501-916-3161
Email: [email protected]
Educational Background
- MFA, Creative Writing鈥擣iction, University of Pittsburgh, 1998
- B.A., English Writing, University of Pittsburgh, 1995
Areas of Focus
Professor Condran teaches courses in our Creative Writing program (fiction). He also teaches contemporary literature, European literature, and editing & independent press administration. He is the author of two works of fiction: a short story collection, A Fingerprint Repeated (Press 53), and a novel, Prague Summer (Counterpoint). He is the faculty co-advisor of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 literary magazine, Equinox, and co-founder/publisher of the independent literary Press, .
Selected Publications
Books
- Prague Summer: a novel. Counterpoint. August, 2014
- A Fingerprint Repeated: Stories. Press 53. October, 2013
Stories
- 鈥�1983.鈥� Big Muddy. Vol. 17.1 (2017): (Print)
- 鈥淒eath of the Writer.鈥� Epoch. Vol. 66.2 (2017): 186-199 (Print)
- 鈥淪alt of the Earth.鈥� Fourth River. Number 14 (2017): 189-207 (Print)
- “Black Dog.” Jabberwock Review Vol. 36.1 (2015).
- 鈥淏谤颈驳补诲辞辞苍.鈥� Epoch. Vol. 62, Number 3 (2014).
- 鈥淏uilding Cities in the Desert.鈥� Kenyon Review. Vol. 35, Number 4 (2013).
- 鈥淏别驳驳补谤.鈥� Pear Noir! Issue 8 (2012) 鈥� nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
- 鈥淧谤补丑补.鈥� The Missouri Review Vol. 32, Issue 2 (2009). Winner of the 2010 William Peden Prize
Nonfiction
鈥淎n Interview with Stewart O鈥橬an.鈥� The Writer鈥檚 Chronicle
Selected Awards
- The Sewanee Writers鈥� Conference Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Fiction (2017)
- Silver Medal for Literary Fiction, Independent Publisher Book Awards for Prague Summer (2015)
- Finalist, Carol R. Brown Award for an Emerging Writer 鈥� $15,000 (2013)
- Pushcart Prize Nomination for 鈥淏eggar鈥� (2012) 鈥� Nominated by Pear Noir!
- The Sewanee Writers鈥� Conference Georges and Anne Borchardt Scholarship in Fiction (2012)
- The Cincinnati Review鈥檚 Robert and Adele Schiff Prize Honorable Mention (2011) 鈥� Selected by Michael Griffith.
- James Jones First Novel Fellowship Top Ten Finalist (2011) 鈥� Selected by Bonnie Culver, Laurie Moyer, and Nina Solomon from 667 manuscripts.
- The Missouri Review鈥檚 William Peden Prize – $1000 (2010) 鈥� Selected by Steve Yarbrough