kathryn
campo
Bowen
Kathryn Campo Bowen is a Salvadoran American writer born and raised in Miami, Florida. Her short stories are featured in The Florida Review, Sonora Review, Salt Hill, and the forthcoming Florida Anthology. Winner of the Sonora Review Fiction Contest, finalist for the Story Foundation Prize, and finalist for the Sewanee Review Fiction Contest, she holds graduate degrees from UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, where she was a Schaeffer Fellow.
Living in Los Angeles, she is at work on a novel.
fiction
OWLS, The Florida Review
Pamplona, Sonora Review and the Florida Anthology (forthcoming)
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
fellowships, residencies,
and workshops
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), July 2025
Tin House Autumn Workshop, November 2024
The Community of Writers, UC Irvine Scholarship, July 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