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Freelance writer specializing in literary fiction, poetry, & adventure journalism

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About Scott

Working writer in West Michigan

Scott Dorsch is a writer based in Muskegon, MI where he works as a lead coffee roaster. His work has appeared in Blood Orange Review, The Midwestern Gothic, Dunes Review, Everything Change Vol. III, and translated in Nowa Fantastyka. He served as the fiction editor for Fugue Literary Journal while completing an MFA Creative Writing at the University of Idaho. Beyond writing, Scott is a gardener and certified wildlife tracker with a bikepacking obsession.

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    Summer Fishtrap Fellow

    2021

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    Everything Change Contest Finalist

    2020

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    Good Hart Artist Residency

    2021

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    Writing in the Wild Artist Residency

    2019

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    VandeZande Fiction Award

    2018

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    Legler Memorial Poetry Prize

    2018

Publications

  • Artwork for Cloudbursts piece in Blood Orange Review. Blurry image of a fire with flames and smoke, surrounded by darkness.

    Cloudbursts

    Blood Orange Review | Vol. 16-2 | Short Fiction

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  • Cover of Dunes Review literary journal, spring 2021, featuring a surreal illustration of a human face in profile with an open head revealing a starry sky and a ladder.

    Red/Purple/White

    Dunes Review | Spring 2021 | Poetry

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  • Cover of the book titled 'Everything Change Volume III: An Anthology of Climate Fiction' with a pink background and a stylized illustration of the Earth, surrounded by various climate-related icons including a sun, wind turbines, trees, and pollution symbols.

    Driftless

    Everything Change Vol III | Short Fiction

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  • Cover for Midwestern Gothic Summer 2018 featuring a classic car driving along a rural road with a smoke cloud in the background and purple trees lining the horizon.

    Holes or Tunnels

    Midwestern Gothic | Summer 2018 | Short Fiction

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Publications

  • Artwork for Cloudbursts piece in Blood Orange Review. Blurry image of a fire with flames and smoke, surrounded by darkness.

    Cloudbursts

    Blood Orange Review | Vol. 16-2 | Short Fiction

    Read Now
  • Cover of Dunes Review literary journal, spring 2021, featuring a surreal illustration of a human face in profile with an open head revealing a starry sky and a ladder.

    Red/Purple/White

    Dunes Review | Spring 2021 | Poetry

    Learn More
  • Cover of the book titled 'Everything Change Volume III: An Anthology of Climate Fiction' with a pink background and a stylized illustration of the Earth, surrounded by various climate-related icons including a sun, wind turbines, trees, and pollution

    Driftless

    Everything Change Vol III | Short Fiction

    Read Now
  • Cover for Midwestern Gothic Summer 2018 featuring a classic car driving along a rural road with a smoke cloud in the background and purple trees lining the horizon.

    Holes or Tunnels

    Midwestern Gothic | 2018 | Short Fiction

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