​Landon Houle's portraiture novel, Living Things, ​won the Red Hen Fiction Prize judged by Charles Yu. Living Things was published in October 2019.

​Other writing has won contests at Black Warrior Review, Crab Creek Review, and Permafrost. Her essay "The Plains We Cross" was listed as a notable in The Best American Essays, and her story "Travelers" was listed as a Pushcart Prize honorable mention. Other work has appeared in Baltimore Review, Crazyhorse, River Styx, Harpur Palate, The Long Story, Sonora Review, and elsewhere.

Landon holds a Ph.D. in English from Texas Tech University. She is the co-editor of Raleigh Review and an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. 

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Selected Credentials

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Publications

• Red Hen Press (2019)
• Black Warrior Review
• Crazyhorse
• Harpur Palate
• River Styx
• Crab Creek Review
• Beloit Fiction Journal
• Permafrost

Awards

​• Red Hen Press Fiction Award
​• Pushcart Prize Special Mention
• The Best American Essays Notable
• Contest winner at Black Warrior Review, Permafrost, and Crab Creek Review
• Finalist at Kenyon Review, River Styx, Cutbank

Editing

• Fiction Editor, Raleigh Review
• Freelance Editor
• Former Editor, In Fact Books
• Former Managing Editor, Iron Horse Literary Review

Teaching

​• Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Francis Marion University
• Former Instructor of Creative Writing and English at Coker College
• Former Instructor of English and Creative Writing at Texas Tech University