About Kevin C Stewart:

A native of Princeton, West Virginian, Kevin C Stewart now lives in Helena, Montana, serves as Associate Professor of English at Carroll College and holds an MFA from The University of Arkansas. Main Street Rag's Mint Hill Books has recently released his novel PAX, 1960 (October, 2026).

His story collection, The Way Things Always Happen Here (Vandalia, 2007), was a finalist for Foreword Magazine’s short-story collection of the year and for the Weatherford Award for the best Southern Appalachian book of fiction.

In addition, his stories were also anthologized in Eyes Glowing at the Edge of the Woods: Fiction and Poetry from West Virginia (Vandalia, 2017) and in Writers by the River: Reflections on 40+ Years of the Highland Summer Conference (MacFarland, 2021). 

The states of West Virginia and Louisiana have awarded him Individual State Arts Fellowships in Literature.

His work has appeared in Shenandoah, Appalachian Heritage, Louisiana Literature, The Antietam Review, The Connecticut Review, Now and Then, The Texas Review (1999 Novella Prize), The Southeast Review, Juked, American Literary Review, The Hamilton Stone Review, The Common, Red River Review, Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, and others.