Shayne Langford

Aug: 3- Sept. 11: Writing Center operations are modified Aug. 3-Sept. 11 due to construction on the fourth floor of the Teaching and Learning Complex. Consultations will be virtual and center staff will relocate to Room 1211 in the Teaching and Learning Complex. Read our update for details.

Shayne Langford

Lecturer

Voorhies 228
Office Hours
Summer Session I: Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00pm via Zoom & by appointment.

Shayne Langford is a writer from rural Northern California. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Davis, where he now teaches for the Writing Center, alongside serving as a fiction editor for the environmental arts literary journal Terrain.org. His debut collection of short stories is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press (Spring 2028).
 

Education and Degree(s)
  • BA in English, MFA in Creative Writing - UC Davis
Honors and Awards
  • Maurice Prize in Fiction ($10,000 award)
Courses
  • ENL 3 - Introduction to Literature
  • ENL 5F - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction
  • ENL 100F - Intermediate Fiction Workshop
  • ENL 100NF - Intermediate Nonfiction Workshop
  • ENL 100FA - Advanced Fiction Workshop
  • UWP 1 - Academic Literacies
  • UWP 101/Y - Advanced Composition
  • UWP 102G - Environmental Writing
Publications
  • American Valley: Stories (forthcoming), Cornerstone Press
  • Short Stories and Essays:
  • “AI Flagged My Trauma as Misconduct,” in The Good Men Project “Eggs,” in Barnstorm Literary Journal “Chicken,” in Bull Magazine “Big Plans,” in Air/Light “Cicada,” in Terrain.org