Professional Summary
Justin Reed received his B.A. from Cornell, his M.F.A. from Florida State, and an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in English and Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati. Justin’s creative and critical work has been published in The Iowa Review, Epoch, Consequence, Post Road, Flash, and elsewhere. His fiction received a special mention in the 2019 Pushcart Prize, and his stories have won the Hatfield/Westheimer Short Story Prize and been runners-up for the Lex Allen Prize and the George Harmon Coxe Award. He is also a recipient of a Literature Artist Fellowship grant through the Somerville Arts Council, and his work has been funded through the University of Cincinnati’s Research Council and the Taft Research Center. Justin has been an assistant fiction editor for Consequence Magazine, a senior reader for Harvard Review, and a lecturer at Tufts University.
Education
BA: Cornell University 2009 (English Literature)
MFA: Florida State University 2013 (Creative Writing (fiction))
MPhil: University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK, 2014 (American Literature)
Research and Practice Interests
My creative and scholarly interests include journey narratives, the integration of genre and literary fiction, international and domestic dystopian and climate fiction, speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, and contemporary American literature.
Positions and Work Experience
2021 - Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2020 -2021 Lecturer, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2015 - Instructor , MCPHS University, Boston, MA
Publications
Other Publications
Justin Reed (2019. ) Flight .Consequence Magazine, 11 (1 ) ,213-227
Justin Reed (2018. ) Sister Mary Teresa Bloods In .The Iowa Review, 48 (3 ) ,143-156
Justin Reed (2017. ) The Remedy to Every Fear .Consequence Magazine, 9 (1 ) ,32-41
Justin Reed (2018. ) Literary Godparenting .Post Road, 33 (1 ) ,
Justin Reed (2015. ) The Vanduzee Breach .Epoch, 64 (1 ) ,114-125
Justin Reed (2012. ) Zombie Night .The Rag, 1 (2 ) ,5-11
Justin Reed (2010. ) My Grandfather’s Scars .Dash Journal, 3 (1 ) ,23-27
Justin Reed (2009. ) Control .Flash: The International Short-short Story Magazine, 2 (1 ) ,28-29
Honors and Awards
2021 -2021 Hatfield/Westheimer Short Story Prize for Best Short Story English Department, University of Cincinnati
2019 -2019 Special Mention, Pushcart Prize XLIII
2013 -2014 Cambridge Trust Scholar
2024 -2024 Graduate Enrichment Award Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati
2023 -2023 University Research Council Graduate Student Stipend and Research Cost Program for Faculty-Student Collaboration University of Cincinnati
2020 -2021 Literature Artist Fellowship Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA
2016 -2017 Arts & Sciences Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence MCPHS University
Courses Taught
28-ENGL-101 ENGLISH COMP I Level:Undergraduate
-ENGL-2089 INTERMEDIATE COMP
-ENGL-2011 INTRO CREA WRIT FIC
Writing Historical Fiction: Journey Narratives
Topics in Literature and the Environment: Dystopian Climate Fiction in a Global Context
Writing From Real Life: Autofiction