Profile
Jason Newport teaches first-year composition and critical reading and writing in the Meredith English department. As a Fulbright instructor and researcher at the University of P茅cs, Hungary, he taught creative writing and postcolonial literature in the university鈥檚 Institute of English, gave guest lectures at other Hungarian universities and high schools, and conducted archive and field research. He holds an MFA聽in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he taught introductory creative writing. He has also designed or revised online courses and taught first- and second-year composition and information literacy for the Southwestern College Professional Studies program. For eight years he has served on the editorial staff of the聽Chautauqua聽literary journal. He holds a BA in English from University of Maryland University College.
Academic Credentials
- MFA, Creative Writing (Fiction), University of North Carolina Wilmington
- BA, English, University of Maryland University College
Awards
- 2016-17, Fulbright teaching/research award, University of P茅cs, Hungary
- 2015, Nominee, Pushcart Prize,聽Potomac Review
- 2015, Nominee, Pushcart Prize,聽Vine Leaves
- 2012-13, Finalist, Steinbeck Fellows Program, San Jos茅 State University
- 2011, Finalist, Dana Award in the Novel
- 2009-10, Margaret Shannon Morton Fellowship, Outstanding Creative Achievement by a First-Year Student, Creative Writing Department, University of North Carolina Wilmington
- 2006 and 2007, Dean鈥檚 List, University of Maryland University College
Publications
- 2017, 鈥Melancholy聽by L谩szl贸 F枚ld茅nyi,鈥 鈥淭oward Horizontal Thought: Interview with L谩szl贸 F枚ld茅nyi,鈥 鈥The Dispossessed聽by Szil谩rd Borb茅ly,鈥澛Three Percent
- 2016, 鈥淭he Ghost of Roberto B,鈥 鈥淢onsters,鈥澛The Stray Branch
- 2015, 鈥淥n Letting Go,鈥澛Potomac Review
- 2015, 鈥淧rotect and Serve,鈥澛Vine Leaves
- 2015, 鈥淥de,鈥澛Cahoots
- 2015 (reprint), 鈥淪ome Stuff,鈥澛Melted Wing
- 2014, 鈥淪harpie,鈥澛Cleaver Magazine
- 2014, 鈥淜aren,鈥澛Knee-Jerk Magazine
- 2014, 鈥5 Phenomenal European Books in Translation,鈥澛Treehouse
- 2014, 鈥淏ecause the Brick,鈥澛Treehouse
- 2013, 鈥淗ungarian Novels,鈥澛Bookforum
- 2013, 鈥淥n the Long Walk: a Conversation with Lavonne J. Adams,鈥澛Chautauqua
- 2013, 鈥淥ld Country,鈥澛Owen Wister Review
- 2013, 鈥淭he Law of Constant Angles,鈥澛Cleaver Magazine
- 2013, 鈥淢onsters,鈥澛Danse Macabre