Short Bio
Sam Sharp is a writer and educator from northcentral Ohio. 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 in Missoula, Montana.
Medium Bio
Sam Sharp grew up in the low hills of northcentral Ohio. As a writer, this home landscape informs his interest in rural relationships with nature, as well as his affinity for “flyover” places, animals, and bodily experiences. He writes about what interests him, from stray cats to Western water conservation. His essays have been awarded Best of the Net and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and appear in Terrain.org, Midwest Weird, Midwest Review, and elsewhere.
Along with writing, he has worked as a janitor, potato-peeler, farmer, plant ecology research assistant, and researcher in a child behavior lab. He holds an MFA from the University of Wyoming with a concurrent degree in Environment & Natural Resources. As an MFA candidate, he worked on a collection of essays centered on wilderness and masculinity, alongside a project to amplify Indigenous-led bison rematriation with the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative.
He lives in Missoula, Montana. When not at his desk, he can be found cycling or in water.
Awards & Honors
“In our Hands” nominated for the 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.
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