John Richard Saylor - Author
Awards
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Literary Artist Residency, Taos, NM (2018).
The first chapter of my Novel "One Last Beautiful Thing" was a semi-finalist for the Novel First Ten Pages writing contest, awarded by the Idaho Writers Guild in 2016.
The film "Reagan in Kabul,"
based on the short story by the same name, won Best Film, Best
Editing, Best Cinematography and Audience Favorite at the
Expecting Goodness Short
Film Festival in Spartanburg, SC (March 23, 2013).
The short story "Reagan in
Kabul," was chosen as one of the entries for the
Expecting Goodness Short
Film Festival (October, 2012).
The short story "A
Note to Lucy Grealy won the 2012 Linda Julian Award for the Essay.
South Carolina Arts Commission Fiction Project Winner (2011).