Erik Keevan

Student/Community organizing:
Elected president of Gamut Literary Series March 2025
Elected Chair of Horror Writers Association Seattle Chapter May 2025
Hosted reading series Seasons of Horror with Kirkland Arts Center 2025
Hosted three open mics with HWA Seattle and Gamut Literary Series 2025
Established the Graduate-Led Occupational Workshops (GLOW) in order to provide a safe place for graduate students to lead courses 2025-2026
Increased scope of Gamut to include free, accessible education 2025
Partnered with Seattle Arts and Lectures to provide educational resources and connect UW Bothell and HWA Seattle with the community 2025-2026
Sat on six academic panels, including discussions on 1) how to write for performance, 2) when and how to use tropes in your writing, 3) where horror literature intersects with Romance, among others.
Attended five writing conventions (Crypticon, Worldcon, NorWesCon, Cascade Writers, Horror Con) to represent HWA and Gamut 2025
Planned and hosted the UW MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics kick off event Fall Convergence at Vermillion Seattle with 6 visiting artists September 2025
Ran technical requirements for MFA kick off event on campus September 2025

Publications
In the Walls Tales from the Crosstimbers 2024
Oppression, Again Clamor 2025
Spectrum Clamor 2025
Word Spiral Clamor 2025
Dead Air Horror Tree 2025
(Traffic) Circles Crypticon Writing Contest Winner 2025
And That’s The Way It Is Valencia College Short Play Festival 2025
The Interstice Hallow Ian Horror Hour 2025
HaHa Silly Goose Press July 2025
Dredge Quillkeeper Press Chapbook Contest Finalist 2025
Tsunagari Scattered, Dark Forest Press 2026
Big Road Blues Valencia College Short Play Festival 2026
Art Thief Valencia College Short Play Festival 2026
Foreword Camp Crypticon Anthology 2026