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Sean Bernard directs the BA Creative Writing Program at the ÿÈÕ´óÈü, where he has served as editor of the literary journal  since 2008. He holds degrees in creative writing from Arizona, Oregon State, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and has received grants and fellowships from groups including the National Endowment for the Arts, Jentel Artists Foundation, the University of Arizona Poetry Center, and Poets & Writers. His novel  was published in 2015 (Red Hen Press) and his collection  won the 2014 Juniper Prize. His novel Can Writing Be Taught & Other Novel Ideas is forthcoming in 2026, and his fiction and non-fiction have appeared in journals including The Iowa Review, Santa Monica Review, , , Glimmer Train, and The Gettysburg Review.