Emily Woodworth writes fiction, screenplays, and essays. She grew up in Sisters, Oregon, where she developed a love for nature and the psychological pathologies that permeate small towns. Recent work has appeared in CAROUSEL, No Contact, After the Pause, Inkwell Journal, and others. In 2020, she was a finalist for cream city review’s Summer Prize in Fiction, received an Honorable Mention for the Anton Chekov Prize for Very Short Fiction (New Flash Fiction Review), and graduated with her MFA in Writing from CalArts. She is the recipient of a full fellowship from the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing for their Desert Nights, Rising Stars Conference 2021. When she’s not writing, Emily is the co-editor of fiction for Ruminate Magazine. With her brother, she writes, directs, and produces their webseries The Barista Times. As a descendent of the Karuk Tribe, Emily most enjoys deconstructing the tropes of the Western genre, exploring hybrid identities, and remaking old myths.
