Red Shuttleworth

Red Shuttleworth, poet and playwright, primarily of the American West, is the author of Roadside Attractions, winner of the 2011 Spur Award for Best Western Poem from Western Writers of America. Shuttleworth's Western Settings (University of Nevada Press, 2000), received the first Spur Award for Poetry from Western Writers of America in 2001.

True West magazine named Shuttleworth “Best Living Western Poet” in 2007

His poems, one-act plays, and short stories have appeared in over a hundred journals, including Alaska Quarterly Review, Blue Mesa Review, Chum, Clare, Concho River Review, Elysian Fields Quarterly, Los Angeles Review, Minnetonka Review, Neon, Ontario Review, Plains Song Review, Prairie Schooner, Rattle, Roundup Magazine, South Dakota Review, Southwest Review, Suisun Valley Review, and Weber: The Contemporary West.

Shuttleworth’s plays have been presented widely in both professional and academic venues, including at The Foothill Theatre (CA), Spirit of the Horse Theatre (MN), Sundance Playwrights Lab, The Sun Valley Festival of New Western Drama, and the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival. State University of New York at Fredonia will premiere Red Shuttleworth’s new play, High Plains Fandango, on Friday, February 24, 2012.

Shuttleworth is the editor of Lucky 13: Short Plays about Arizona, Nevada & Utah (University of Nevada Press, 1995).

He received an M.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University where he studied with William Dickey and Kay Boyle. Shuttleworth also earned an M.F.A in Playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was mentored by Jerry L. Crawford, Julie Jensen, and Davey Marlin-Jones.

Red and Kate Shuttleworth, and their Irish Wolfhound, Wolfie, live in Washington... in the Columbia Basin, not too close to Moses Lake. Red was inducted into the Big Bend Community College Vikings Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011.

A large selection of Red Shuttleworth's poetry can be found at: http:/​/​poetredshuttleworth.blogspot.com/​

Red and Kate have four children:

Maura Shuttleworth is an assistant county attorney for Washington County, Minnesota. She is a three-time powerlifting national bench press champion.

Ciara Shuttleworth is a graduate of the University of Idaho's MFA Creative Writing (poetry) program. Her poetry has appeared in Concho River Review, Cutthroat, Los Angeles Review, Minnetonka Review, The New Yorker, and other journals.

Luke Shuttleworth was a 2001 Baseball Factory Pre-Season High School All-American and played college baseball for Kansas Wesleyan University. He lives near Moses Lake, Washington.

Jessi Shuttleworth is a film/​TV/​commercials actress. Her resume can be found on IMDb.