Creative Writing: 2003-2004 Competition Judges
SUE ELLEN CAMPBELL
Creative Non-Fiction
Sue Ellen Campbell is Professor of English at Colorado State University, where she teaches
a wide range of courses in literature and writing; she's especially interested in nature writing
and the literature of nature and the environment. In addition to publishing several short
pieces of non-fiction, Ms. Campbell is the author of two books of creative non-fiction: Even
Mountains Vanish: Searching for Solace in an Age of Extinction (2003, University of Utah
Press), and Bringing the Mountain Home (1996, University of Arizona Press). She is an editor
for the book series Under the Sign of Nature for the University of Virginia Press and often
evaluates manuscripts for other university presses.
MATT HILL
One-Act Play
Matt Hill is a graduate student pursuing a Master's degree in Theatre History, Theory and
Criticism at Brigham Young University. He has a Bachelor's degree in Theatre from Arizona
State University. He is currently the manager of The Provo Theatre Company, a small
professional theatre group in Utah county.
LYNDA SCHOR
Short Story
Lynda Schor's newest collection of short fiction, The Body Parts Shop, will be published by
the Fiction Collective Two (FC2) in 2004. Another new collection, Adventures in Capitalism,
will soon be published by Unicorn Books. Earlier published books of short fiction are
Appetites and True Love & Real Romance. Her stories and articles have appeared in Redbook,
Ms., Mademoiselle, Playboy, GQ, Fiction, The Village Voice, Cream City Review, Literal Latte,
Confrontation, and other periodicals. Stories of hers have also appeared in many anthologies,
most recently, Mother Reader (Seven Stories Press) and Bearing Life (Feminist Press). Her
story Still the Top Banana (published in Witness) was nominated for an O'Henry Award, and
her story, Mappelthorpe Briefs (published in Quarter after Eight) won First Prize for Prose.
For nearly twenty years, Schor has taught fiction writing at the Eugene Lang College of the
New School University in New York City.
PEGGY SHUMAKER
Poetry
Peggy Shumaker grew up in Tucson and went to the University of Arizona, where she
earned her MFA in Creative Writing. She was the first person in her family to go to college.
He books include Esperanza's Hair, The Circle of Totems, Braided River, Wings Moist from the
Other World, and Underground Rivers. She has received a fellowship in poetry from the
National Endowment for the Arts. She taught for many years in Arizona, Virginia, and
Alaska. She is professor emerita at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Right now she's at
work on a collaboration with the Alaskan painter, Kesler Woodward.
