 |
Office | GAB 113 |
| Phone | 940-369-8631 | |
| getschow@unt.edu | ||
| Address | University of North Texas |
|
| Department | News |
|
Office | GAB 113 |
| Phone | 940-369-8631 | |
| getschow@unt.edu | ||
| Address | University of North Texas |
|
| Department | News |
George Getschow teaches feature writing, narrative nonfiction and literary nonfiction to students at the Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism.
Getschow is the writer in residence for the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest, a three-day literary event that David Granger, editor of Esquire magazine, says “is rapidly becoming one of the most vital gathering of writers in America” and Gay Talese says “is the gathering place in the country for serious nonfiction writers who want to deeply explore the craft and learn how its practiced at the highest levels.”
As part of the Mayborn Conference, Getschow also leads a literary nonfiction writers workshop in Archer City each summer. Students study the work of authors speaking at the Mayborn Conference and gather in the home of Larry McMurtry, Archer City’s Pulitzer Prize winning author, to talk to him about his writing life.
Getschow is the editor of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series of Books published by UNT Press and “Ten Spurs,” a collection of the best narratives and essays submitted to the Mayborn Conference. He’s a writing coach for The Dallas Morning News, the Oklahoman and other newspapers in the Southwest. He’s been writing professionally since graduating with a B.A. in journalism from Iowa State University in 1972. He was a full-time writer, editor and bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal for 16 years, working in the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Houston bureaus. He covered Mexico for two years and worked in New York as a rewrite editor for Page One features.
Getschow has received a number of national writing awards, including runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1984, the Robert F. Kenedy Award for “distinguished writing” about the underprivileged and The National Council for the Advancement of Education Writing (NCAEW) first place for best feature series. Some of his Page One feature stories have been anthologized in books, including The Art and Craft of Feature Writing and The Abundant Land.
Getschow has an MFA in Writing-Creative Nonfiction. He’s completing a literary nonfiction book for New York publisher, Henry Holt. The book, Walled Kingdom, grew out of a two-part narrative for The Wall Street Journal. Getschow has also freelanced for magazines and other media outlets.