Evan Williams
@pahoehoe.bsky.social
Writer, retired teacher, sometime sage. 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship. Stories in Kenyon, Witness, Zyz, AQR. 3 collections from small presses. “The Divide” forthcoming from Cornerstone Press, 2026. MFA from Montana, long time ago.
evanmorganwilliams.com
evanmorganwilliams.com
Today I received tiered rejections from two top shelf magazines.
Double the validation or double the pain?
Double the validation or double the pain?
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Today I received tiered rejections from two top shelf magazines.
Double the validation or double the pain?
Double the validation or double the pain?
Would you like a lovely February surprise in the mail? My book of stories, "The Divide," is available for pre-order from Cornerstone Press. 20% discount. Read more:
Purchase — Evan Morgan Williams
www.evanmorganwilliams.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Would you like a lovely February surprise in the mail? My book of stories, "The Divide," is available for pre-order from Cornerstone Press. 20% discount. Read more:
Yesterday, several Portland writers and I got to meet Percival Everett at Literary Arts and ask him questions. Everett seemed to take up a theme that writing is about giving oneself permission. My favorite quote: “A map is just an invitation to get lost.”
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Yesterday, several Portland writers and I got to meet Percival Everett at Literary Arts and ask him questions. Everett seemed to take up a theme that writing is about giving oneself permission. My favorite quote: “A map is just an invitation to get lost.”
A late-season hike into Cairn Basin on Mt. Hood. Probably the last people to get up there this year. Big storms a’comin’!
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A late-season hike into Cairn Basin on Mt. Hood. Probably the last people to get up there this year. Big storms a’comin’!
I have one last ARC of my upcoming story collection, The Divide, from Cornerstone Press, February 2026. I’d love to snag another reviewer or interviewer. Send me a DM with your ideas! Thx!
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I have one last ARC of my upcoming story collection, The Divide, from Cornerstone Press, February 2026. I’d love to snag another reviewer or interviewer. Send me a DM with your ideas! Thx!
Reposted by Evan Williams
So many amazing small presses out there putting out interesting stuff you'll never find anywhere else. Four of my favorites are:
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
So many amazing small presses out there putting out interesting stuff you'll never find anywhere else. Four of my favorites are:
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
Reposted by Evan Williams
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
Your work will be in good hands here:
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Your work will be in good hands here:
A few more photos from my time here at Dorland Center for the Arts. Looking for a residency? Don’t sleep on this one!
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A few more photos from my time here at Dorland Center for the Arts. Looking for a residency? Don’t sleep on this one!
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.
Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale | Pangyrus
“Let’s read this,” said Kind Girl. She sat beside Teacher at his mahogany table and plunked down the Modern Library edition of Moby Dick. The table was scra ...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.
My favorite cinema dog of all time is known as just plain “Dog.”
November 11, 2024 at 6:19 AM
My favorite cinema dog of all time is known as just plain “Dog.”
So this photographer, K.B. Dixon, read about my Oregon Literary Fellowship and asked me to sit for a portrait for his series on the Oregon Arts Watch website. The result:
June 11, 2024 at 11:02 PM
So this photographer, K.B. Dixon, read about my Oregon Literary Fellowship and asked me to sit for a portrait for his series on the Oregon Arts Watch website. The result:
Wolf!
I went for a hike near Playa Summer Lake. Apparently I had company.
I went for a hike near Playa Summer Lake. Apparently I had company.
March 28, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Wolf!
I went for a hike near Playa Summer Lake. Apparently I had company.
I went for a hike near Playa Summer Lake. Apparently I had company.
I am proud to share that I am the recipient of a 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship! Toot toot!
Announcing the 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowships - Literary Arts
Literary Arts received 556 applications from writers and 31 applications from publishers for the 2024 fellowships. Out-of-state judges spent several months evaluating these applications, using literar...
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January 30, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I am proud to share that I am the recipient of a 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship! Toot toot!
Here is my third collection, Taylor’s version:
December 9, 2023 at 8:26 PM
Here is my third collection, Taylor’s version:
Born too late! My writing is essentially doomed because my preferred press is the defunct but brilliant Black Sparrow (not that they would have had me).
November 25, 2023 at 4:43 AM
Born too late! My writing is essentially doomed because my preferred press is the defunct but brilliant Black Sparrow (not that they would have had me).
Saturday seems like forever ago.
October 10, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Saturday seems like forever ago.