Josip Novakovich

Professor

Education

• University of Texas at Austin, M.A. in English/Creative Writing (terminal degree), 1988.
• Yale University, M. Div., December 1982.
• Vassar College, B.A. cum laude, Psychology, May 1978.
• School of Medicine, The University of Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia, 1975-76

Publications

• Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust. New York: HarperPerennial, paperback, Sept., 2005
• April Fool’s Day, a novel. New York: HarperCollins, hard cover, September 2004. Reprint, HarperCollins Perennial, paper, March 2006; published also in England, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Spain, Turkey, Italy, Russia, and Japan.
• Plum Brandy: Croatian Journeys, nonfiction. White Pine Press. 5/2003
• Grob u Clevelandu, stories in Croatian, Zagreb, Croatia: Meandar Press, 2003
• Stepmother Tongue: Stories in English as a Second Language, edited with Robert Shapard. White Pine Press, 2002
• Salvation and Other Disasters, stories. St. Paul: Graywolf Press, paperback, 5/1998. Appeared in Croatia, Meandar Press, as Grimizne usne 
• Writing Fiction Step by Step, textbook. Cincinnati: Story Press, 1997.
• Yolk, stories. St. Paul: Graywolf Press, original paperback1995.
• Apricots from Chernobyl, narrative essays. St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1995
• Fiction Writer’s Workshop, textbook. Cincinnati: Story Press, F&W . 4/1993. Second Edition, expanded, Story Press, February 2008  Appeared also in Indonisian, Croatian, and Bulgarian translations.

Areas of Expertise

• Fiction & nonfiction writing.
• Former Yugoslavia—culture, politics, and history.
• English as a second language.

Teaching Experience

• Professor. Condordia University, Montreal, Canada. July 1, 2009 -
• Professor of English. Pennsylvania State University, University Park. M.F.A. Program. Fiction and Nonfiction Writing. 2001-2009
• Associate Professor. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Faculty. Bard College, NY. Multidisciplinary MFA program. 1999.
• Faculty. Freie Universitaet, Berlin. Summer 2002. Nonfiction writing.
• Fiction Instructor, Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury, VT, 2002 & 2006
• Core Faculty. Summer Literary Seminars, 1998-present.
• Creative Writing, Introduction to Literature, English Composition, and English Instructor. Nebraska Indian Community College, Santee Sioux Campus. 8/89-7/91.

Fellowships and Awards.                           

• Black Mountain Institute Fellowship, Michael Saltman Fellow, Las Vegas, NV, 2007/08
• Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, St. Petersburg University, Russia, Spring 2006
• U.S. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, 2002 & 1991
• New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, 2001/02
• Kozarac Award for Best Prose by a Slavonian Writer, Vinkovci Festival, Croatia, 10/2000
• 1999 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation (Salvation)
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Fiction, 99
• Whiting Writer's Award, for fiction and nonfiction, 97
• Finalist, Paterson Fiction Prize (Salvation), 1999
• O.Henry Awards: Prize Stories, 1998; "Crimson" included in the anthology
• Tennesee Williams Fellowship at the University of the South, Fall 99.
• Best American Essays, listed as distinguished (06, 01, 00, 99, 98, 96, 95, 94)
• Best American Poetry '97, Scrinber, eds. Lehman and Tate, "Shadow," 8/97
• Three Pushcart Prizes, 95 - 98
• Rieveschl Award for Scholarly or Creative Work, University of Cincinnati, 1997
• Winner of Raconteur International Competition, The European MagAZine, 4/28/95
• Richard Margolis Prize for Socially Important Writing (Apricots), 95  
• Friends of American Writers, Second Place Award (Apricots), 95
• PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction, one of the top five nominees, (Yolk), 95
• Midland Prize for Literature, finalist (Yolk), 95
• Paterson Prize for Literature, finalist (Yolk), 95
• Prairie Schooner Readers' Choice Award, 1993
• South Dakota Arts Council Fellowship, 1992
• Faculty of the Year, Nebraska Indian Community College, 90/91
• Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, 90
• 1989 Cohen Award, the best story in Ploughshares, Vol. 14
• Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant, fiction, 89
• Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, 88/89
• AWP Awards Series in the Novel, first runner-up, 88
• W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts, Vassar, 82/83.

Professional Activities

• Specialist Reviewer for the Fulbright Commission (in creative writing), 2007/08, 2008/09
• Judge for the Cinseros Memorial Foundation Awards for Texas Writers, November, 2007
• Judge for Mid-American Review, nonfiction, 2006
• Consulting Editor for Mid-American Review and Absinthe, 2002 - present
• Guest Editor, New Letters. War Stories, 1/95
• Panelist for Massachusetts Arts Council in Fiction and Nonfiction, April 2004
• Juried the final round of Scholastic National Writing Competition for Young Writers, 2003.
• Judged Literature Competition for National Society of Arts and Letters, ages 18-30, 1998
• Panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts in Fiction and Nonfiction, 1999