Kathryn Campo Bowen is a Salvadoran American writer based in Los Angeles. Her short stories have appeared in The Florida Review, Sonora Review, and Salt Hill. Winner of the Sonora Review Fiction Contest, finalist for the STORY Foundation Prize, and finalist for the Sewanee Review Fiction Contest, she holds dual degrees from UC Berkeley, as well as an MFA in fiction from UC Irvine.

Presently she is at work on a novel.

fiction

OWLS, The Florida Review
Pamplona, Sonora Review
There is a man named Rómulo Prudencio Reyes and the truth is, Salt Hill

awards and recognitions

Pushcart Prize Nomination, The Florida Review, 2024
Winner Sonora Review Fiction Contest, judged by Maggie Shipstead, 2023
Latino Excellence and Achievement Award, UC Irvine, 2023
Finalist Third Annual STORY Foundation Prize, 2022
PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Nomination, Salt Hill, 2022
Finalist Sewanee Review Fiction Contest, judged by Brandon Taylor, 2021

grants, fellowships, and workshops

Tin House Autumn Workshop, 2024
The Community of Writers, UC Irvine Scholarship, 2024
Schaeffer Fellow, International Center for Writing and Translation, 2023

press

Writing Across Borders, UC Irvine School of Humanities
Author Kathryn Campo Bowen x Editor Erica Frederick, Salt Hill

say hi

kathryncampobowen@gmail.com