James Craig Hartz Jr.
Writer
James Craig Hartz Jr. is a fiction writer and essayist based in Denver, CO. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Oregon State University. Previously, he spent four years as a Combat Medic in the U.S. Army. His writing has appeared in Witness Magazine, the tiny journal, F(r)iction, and Watershed Review, has been nominated for Best American Short Stories, and was the winner of Witness Magazine’s 2022 Literary Award in Nonfiction and the tiny journal’s “(re)tell me a story” contest. He is currently at work on his first novel while working as a Clinical Mental Health Therapist, primarily with survivors of complex trauma seeking to make meaning of their wounds.
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Publications:
Fiction
2022
“Threnody” - the tiny journal, issue iv
Winner of the “(re)tell me a story” Contest
2020
“Towers” - F(r)iction, No. 17, The Memory Issue
Nominated for Best American Short Stories 2021
Nonfiction
2023
“Killing for Non-Majors” - Watershed Review, 10th Anniversary Issue Selection
2022
“Useful Fictions” - Witness Magazine, Vol 35, No 1, Missed Connections
Winner of the 2022 Literary Award in Nonfiction
2018
“Killing for Non-Majors” - Watershed Review, Fall 2018
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Talking About Writing:
MFA Writers Podcast with Jared McCormack: Season 2, Episode 51