Short Bio
Sam Sharp grew up in northcentral Ohio. Writing about people and place, he holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wyoming with a concurrent degree in Environment & Natural Resources. His nonfiction has been awarded Best of the Net and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, appearing in Terrain.org, Midwest Weird, Midwest Review, and elsewhere. He lives and teaches in Missoula, Montana.
Medium Bio
Sam Sharp grew up in the low hills of northcentral Ohio – where the writer David Giffels called, “an uncommon everyplace.” This home landscape has shaped both his being and belief in the value of “flyover” places, animals, and bodily experiences. His nonfiction has been awarded Best of the Net and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and appears in Terrain.org, Midwest Weird, Midwest Review, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wyoming with a concurrent degree in Environment & Natural Resources.
Along with writing, he has worked a dozen jobs in a dozen places: from Appalachia to the Antarctic Peninsula as a janitor, potato-peeler, farmer, tree ecology research assistant, and researcher in a child behavior lab examining the effects of artificial intelligence on the attention of 2nd graders.
He lives in Missoula, Montana, where he teaches writing and environmental studies with the Wild Rockies Field Institute and local nonprofits. When not at his desk, he can be found in water or on a bicycle.
Selected Awards & Honors
“In our Hands” nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Midwest Review, 2025.
“Drug Test” nominated “Best of the Net” Midwest Weird. 2025.
Shortlisted for the Letter Review Prize in nonfiction, 2025.
Recipient of a residency from the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. 2025
Freeflow Institute Scholar on the course, “Writing the Nonhuman” with Ana Maria Spagna. 2025.
Recipient of the Haub School of Environment & Grant for Research & Creativity. 2023
Winner of the Thomas and Mini Freeman Writing Scholarship. Kent State University. 2021.
2nd Place in Deep Wild’s Undergraduate Poetry Contest. 2021.
