Short Bio:

E.C. Barrett is a writer, editor, creative writing teacher, award-winning journalist, and visual artist. A Clarion West graduate, Barrett’s writing has appeared in Baffling, Bourbon Penn, Split Lip, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In their off hours, Barrett gardens, games, and makes stuff.

 

Longer Bio:

I hold a B.A. in creative writing from Wells College and an M.A. in social and political philosophy and most of a PhD (abd) in comparative literature from Binghamton University, where I taught writing and literature for six years.

I attended Clarion West Writers Workshop in 2018 and Community of Writers in 2021. In 2019 I was a Saltonstall Fellow and I have been the recipient of support from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

My debut short story appeared in Bourbon Penn  and was named a top ten must-read for the month by Reactor. My latest story appeared in Reckoning, was also named a must-read by Reactor, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. I joined the Reckoning staff after my story was published and served as the reviews editor for three years.

Five months into my first gig as a beat reporter, I wrote an Ithaca Times cover story on the City of Ithaca’s contract negotiations with the police union, which was awarded first place in police/crime/court coverage by the New York Press Association. I have since written for other local newspapers and various Cornell communications offices as a freelance writer.

Alongside my craftsman partner, I built a small timber-frame house in the woods from trees we felled, milled, and raised by hand. These days we can be found slowly renovating an old farmhouse under the shade of a massive spruce tree and the ancient trickster god contained therein.

email: barrett.ec at gmail.com