Wendy Oleson

Wendy Oleson is the author of three contest-winning prose chapbooks from CutBank Books, Gertrude Press, and Map Literary. Her work appears in Ninth Letter, Cimarron Review, Denver Quarterly, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere. Aimee Bender named one of her stories runner-up in the Raymond Carver Contest, and she’s won the Washington Square Review Fiction Award (judged by Karen Russell) and the Peatsmoke Journal Summer Fiction Contest (judged by Lydi Conklin). Wendy’s work has been supported by the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Vermont Studio Center, VCCA, Mineral Arts and Residencies, and other arts organizations. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Wendy received a BA from Amherst College, an MFA from Oregon State, and a PhD from the University of Nebraska. Wendy is managing editor for Split Lip Magazine, a freelance editor and writing coach, and an online instructor for the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension.