
Associate Professor
Office: Stabler Hall 501-T
Phone: 501-916-3161
Email: [email protected]
Educational Background
- MFA, Creative Writing—Fiction, 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 UA Little Rock’s literary magazine, Equinox, and co-founder/publisher of the independent literary Press, Braddock Avenue Books.
Selected Publications
Books
- Prague Summer: a novel. Counterpoint. August, 2014
- A Fingerprint Repeated: Stories. Press 53. October, 2013
Stories
- “1983.” Big Muddy. Vol. 17.1 (2017): (Print)
- “Death of the Writer.” Epoch. Vol. 66.2 (2017): 186-199 (Print)
- “Salt of the Earth.” Fourth River. Number 14 (2017): 189-207 (Print)
- “Black Dog.” Jabberwock Review Vol. 36.1 (2015).
- “Brigadoon.” Epoch. Vol. 62, Number 3 (2014).
- “Building Cities in the Desert.” Kenyon Review. Vol. 35, Number 4 (2013).
- “Beggar.” Pear Noir! Issue 8 (2012) — nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
- “Praha.” The Missouri Review Vol. 32, Issue 2 (2009). Winner of the 2010 William Peden Prize
Nonfiction
“An Interview with Stewart O’Nan.” The Writer’s Chronicle
Selected Awards
- The Sewanee Writers’ 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 — $15,000 (2013)
- Pushcart Prize Nomination for “Beggar” (2012) – Nominated by Pear Noir!
- The Sewanee Writers’ Conference Georges and Anne Borchardt Scholarship in Fiction (2012)
- The Cincinnati Review’s Robert and Adele Schiff Prize Honorable Mention (2011) – Selected by Michael Griffith.
- James Jones First Novel Fellowship Top Ten Finalist (2011) – Selected by Bonnie Culver, Laurie Moyer, and Nina Solomon from 667 manuscripts.
- The Missouri Review’s William Peden Prize – $1000 (2010) – Selected by Steve Yarbrough