Scott Daughtridge DeMer is a writer from Atlanta, Georgia. His work has appeared in Heavy Feather Review, Shirley Magazine, Hobart, Necessary Fiction, Midwestern Gothic, The Fanzine, matchbook, Curbside Splendor, and other places. His chapbook I Hope Something Good Happens was published by Lame House Press. A recent graduate from the MFA program at Arizona State University, he has received a Virginia G. Piper Center Creative Engagement Fellowship and attended residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Hambidge Center, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, and the Vermont Studio Center. He is an Idea Capital grant recipient and was named the Emerging Artist of the Year in the Literary Arts by the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. In 2012, he founded Lostintheletters, a literary organization presenting an award-winning reading series, free craft workshops, and the annual Letters Festival.
*Homepage art: “1000 Mile Journey” by Stephanie Dowda DeMer ©
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Honored that my story, The Lamp, was nominated by Heavy Feather Review for inclusion in the Best Microfiction 2023 anthology.
College radio has played a huge role in my life by exposing me to many new musicians and artists that became important to my creative process, so it was super meaningful to be included in KRUI 89.7's People Speaking Art broadcast. The curators selected text pieces and read them over the air. It was a lot of fun to hear my work in this!
I was proud to be recognized by fiction judge Jac Jemc in the 58th Annual Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Awards in Writing! It's an honor to be in this group of wonderful writers!
I spent two weeks at Vermont Studio Center where I revised some in-progress work and conducted research for a new project. It was truly enriching to spend time with the other resident artists and writers. The opportunity was supported by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.
The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing awarded me Creative Engagement Fellowship. The fellowship will fund my participation in residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Dorland Mountain Arts Colony.
Starting in the fall of 2018, I will be enrolled in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Arizona State University. This is an ideal opportunity to work closely with a group of peers and focus solely on writing and reading.
The Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs named me the 2016 Emerging Artist Award in the Literary Arts by (OCA) in March. This is a big honor and I feel truly humbled by the recognition.
Idea Capital generously awarded me the 2016 Travel Grant. I will travel from Kentucky to the Georgia Coast, doing researching for a collection of short stories entitled Strange Temple.
I'm going to lose myself in the woods in Rabun, GA for three-weeks during my residency at the Hambidge Center. Can't wait to disappear for a while.
Spending the week at the New Harmony Writers Workshop was an amazing experience. I was happy to workshop a story with Stuart Dybek, meet some cool people and see a bunch of dead gar that floated in from the Wabash River.
I Hope Something Good Happens is now for sale at sQecial media in Lexington, Kentucky. It's literally my favorite bookstore of all time and I'm honored to be on their shelves.
Nice review of I Hope Something Good Happens up at jmww journal. Thanks to Girija Sankar!
I Hope Something Good Happens is now available for purchase through Lame House Press
We're throwing a party on Friday, June 13 to celebrate the release of I Hope Something Good Happens. There will be a few other amazing authors reading their work as well.
From April 10-15 I'll be traveling through the Northeast Nation, reading from I Hope Something Good Happens. I'll be reading with cool people at cool places.
My debut chapbook, I Hope Something Good Happens, will be released this summer through Lame House Press. It's filled with stories about bad acid trips, dead ferrets and car accidents.
Stephanie Dowda, Alex Gallo-Brown and I were ambitious/stupid/crazy/bored enough to put together The Letters Festival. It was fucking awesome. Thanks to all the readers and everyone that came out to support.
FUGO Studios purchased the cinematic rights to my story, "Rachel and Ruphus." The short film should be out sometime in 2014.
ArtsATL chose me to one of their "30 Under 30" and the article was well written, not at all as embarrassing as I was afraid it was going to be. Thanks to Soniah Kamal for being nice.