Joel Wayne
writing | production | butts

Publications & Productions

Select Publications

2020

  • "True Hope Cometh from the Sea" | short fiction | The Moth

  • "Lights Out Helena" | short fiction | Bull

  • "The Privilege & Price of a False Identity" (published as “I grew up poor and white in America. This is why I support reparations.”) | nonfiction | The Independent (UK)

  • "The Obedient Daughter" | short fiction | Burningword

2019

  • "Bittermoon" | short fiction | Bull

  • "Christmas Island" | short fiction | Burningword

  • "Who You Are and Where You Come From" | short fiction | Oxford Mag

  • "The Opposition to Do Something" | nonfiction | Good Men Project

2018

  • "Yesterknot" | short fiction | The Moth

  • "Spies" | short fiction | Writers in the Attic

2017

  • "The Box Will Always Be a Box" | nonfiction | Good Men Project

2015

  • "Two Dogs" | short fiction | Glassworks

  • "Brother’s Keeper" | short fiction | The Chattahoochee Review

  • "Leaving Your Baby Out in the Rain" | short fiction | The Moth

  • "Writing, Editing, and Blood in the Sink" | nonfiction | The Hooch

2014

  • "Good Grief: The Seven Stages of Voluntary Unemployment" (published as “Sweat Pants, Booze and Other Stages of Unemployment”) | nonfiction | Salon

Select
Productions

2018 - Present

  • Co-Producer, co-host | You Know The Place | An NPR-affiliate podcast produced in conjunction with Boise State Public Radio, You Know The Place (YKTP) explores the voices and the people behind the local businesses, stores, and clubs you always pass by, but never take time to visit. From horse adoption centers to nonprofit nude retreats, death cafes to tattoo shops to acupuncture co-ops, we’ve done a little bit of it all. Now wrapped on its 5th season, YKTP is a two-time semi-finalist in The Current’s annual “Local That Works” contest and took home 2nd place in the PMJA’s annual awards.

2020

  • Co-producer | Words Progress Administration | A virtual celebration and pay-what-you-can fundraiser for The Cabin literary arts center, Words Progress Administration (WPA) was conceived in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. WPA featured original performances and readings by Roxane Gay, Josh Ritter, George Saunders, Madeline Miller, Sandra Cisneros, Kathy Reichs, Aimee Bender, Emily Ruskovich, Colum McCann, Karen Russell, and more, with attendees joining remotely from Japan, New York, Canada, and everywhere in between.

2018

  • Producer | Find Joel A Job | A cheeky campaign to find yours truly a job after I was unceremoniously laid off from my marketing director position, Find Joel A Job used a hashtag, social media, and a few websites to gain leads on a new gig. And it worked - a few months later, I found a job.

2013

  • Writer, Director, Producer | Magpie | A short film about a man suffering from pica, who relapses when his son checks himself out of rehab, Magpie had its premiere at the Sun Valley Film Festival.

Honors & Awards

2020

  • CCC Fund Award | Short Fiction | Treasure Valley Cultural Commissions

  • Fellowship in Literature | Idaho Commission on the Arts

2018

  • Wild West Fiction Prize | Silver Creek Writers Residency

  • Vox Poplar Writer Residency | The Cabin

2017

  • Cutbank Chapbook Contest Finalist | Cutbank

2016

  • Cutbank Chapbook Contest Finalist | Cutbank

2015

  • Pushcart Fiction Prize Nominee | Pushcart Press

  • Lamar York Prize in Fiction | The Chattahoochee Review