Zach Hively Explained

Zach Hively (born 1985) is a humorist, poet, creative nonfiction author, and publisher. His most recent works include the poetry collections Desert Apocrypha, recipient of the Reading the West Book Award for poetry,[1] Owl Poems, and Wild Expectations. He has written the Fool's Gold humor column since 2014, which has run in various alternative publications[2] in the US American West.

Biography

Hively was born on September 21, 1985, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His family remained in Albuquerque, where he was raised. He attended college at the University of New Mexico, graduating in 2007 with a degree in English-Philosophy. He undertook a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Olpe, Germany, after graduation.[3]

He then attended the graduate program in creative writing at Trinity College Dublin's Oscar Wilde Centre. He served as managing editor for the centre's anthology, A Thoroughly Good Blue[4] and graduated with an MPhil in Creative Writing in 2013.

Hively then relocated to Durango, Colorado, where he began writing for the Durango Telegraph as a recurring columnist and reporter. He also contributed to Edible Southwest Colorado,[5] Four Corners Free Press,[6] and Durango Magazine.[7]

Writing

Hively is an author and artist, known for writing, poetry, and nonfiction. His ongoing column Fool's Gold has appeared in numerous alternative newspapers, including the Durango Telegraph,[8] the New Mexico Mercury,[9] Four Corners Free Press,[10] and the KC Post. The column has received several nods from the Society of Professional Journalists' Top of the Rockies awards, a regional, multi-platform contest for reporters and news organizations.[11] Fool's Gold earned first place in the Personal/Humor Column category in 2024,[12] 2022,[13] 2018,[14] and 2017,[15] and third place in 2021[16] and 2016.[17] Currently, Fool's Gold publishes monthly in the Durango Telegraph and the online-only Abiquiú News.

Hively's poetry has been published both internationally and regionally, in publications like Banshee,[18] Trickster,[19] and Conceptions Southwest.[20] His first collection, Wild Expectations, was published in 2020. It is a collaboration between Hively and photographer Magdalena Lily McCarson, pairing the former's poetry with the latter's black and white photography in conversation. The book was listed as a finalist in the Poetry and Art categories in the 2021 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards.[21]

His follow-up collection, Desert Apocrypha, received the 32nd annual Reading the West Book Award for poetry, after being shortlisted by member bookstores in the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association.[22]

Owl Poems, published in 2022, was shortlisted for the 33rd annual Reading the West Book Award.[23]

Hively has published a number of shorter works as well, including the foreword to V. B. Price's Innocence Regained: Christmas Poems[24] and several short stories.

Hively is the recipient of a 2021 New Mexico Writers grant to support work on a forthcoming creative nonfiction project.[25] He also earned a Maxwell Medallion from the Dog Writers Association of America in 2018 for his episode on The Raven Narratives podcast, "The Doggie Bucket List."[26]

In addition, Hively is also a singer/songwriter and a musician. He has recorded and toured with the alt-folk duo Oxygen on Embers, which released their debut album Southwest Revival in 2019 after their debut EP, Takes Me Back, in 2018.

Recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Winners 2020-2029 – Reading the West . 2022-06-27 . en-US.
  2. Web site: New Mexico Mercury Author Archives . 2022-05-17 . newmexicomercury.com.
  3. Web site: UNM alum makes educational opportunities at Casa Urraca Press . 2022-05-17 . UNM Newsroom . en.
  4. Book: Centre, Oscar Wilde . A thoroughly good blue : new writing from the Oscar Wilde Centre / . 2012 . Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing . 978-0-9568358-1-9.
  5. Web site: Zach Hively . 2022-05-17 . Edible Southwest Colorado . en-US.
  6. Web site: Zach Hively Four Corners Free Press . 2022-05-17 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Durango Magazine . 2022-05-17 . Durango Magazine . en-US.
  8. Web site: Hively . Zach . Heeeeeeere's Zach! - Durango Telegraph . 2022-06-27 . www.durangotelegraph.com . en.
  9. Web site: New Mexico Mercury Author Archives . 2022-06-27 . newmexicomercury.com.
  10. Web site: Zach Hively Four Corners Free Press . 2022-06-27 . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2010-12-17 . Top of the Rockies . 2022-05-17 . Colorado Pro Chapter -- Society of Professional Journalists . en.
  12. Web site: coloradospj . 2024-05-05 . SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter Announces 2024 Top of the Rockies Winners . 2024-05-23 . Colorado Pro Chapter -- Society of Professional Journalists . en.
  13. Web site: coloradospj . 2022-04-10 . Society of Professional Journalists Colorado Pro Chapter announce Top of the Rockies Award Recipients . 2022-05-17 . Colorado Pro Chapter -- Society of Professional Journalists . en.
  14. Web site: coloradospj . 2018-04-25 . Top of the Rockies and Region 9 conference 2018 overview . 2022-05-17 . Colorado Pro Chapter -- Society of Professional Journalists . en.
  15. Web site: coloradospj . 2017-04-15 . Full Results 2017 . 2022-05-17 . Colorado Pro Chapter -- Society of Professional Journalists . en.
  16. Web site: coloradospj . 2021-04-29 . Top of the Rockies Winners Announced . 2022-05-17 . Colorado Pro Chapter -- Society of Professional Journalists . en.
  17. Web site: coloradospj . 2016-04-22 . Top of the Rockies winners . 2022-05-17 . Colorado Pro Chapter -- Society of Professional Journalists . en.
  18. Book: Banshee #11 . Banshee Press . 2021 . 9781838312619 . Co. Cork . 109.
  19. Book: Trickster . Northern New Mexico College . 2020 . Española, NM . 55–58.
  20. 2021 . "I Stepped Off the Trail" . Conceptions Southwest . 10.
  21. Web site: 2021Winners/Finalists . 2022-05-17 . New Mexico Book Co-op . en.
  22. Web site: 32nd Annual Shortlist Titles – Reading the West . 2022-05-17 . en-US.
  23. Web site: 33rd Annual Shortlist Titles . 2023-06-14 . Reading the West . en-US.
  24. Book: Price, V. B. . Innocence Regained: Christmas Poems . Casa Urraca Press . 2020 . 9781735151625 . Abiquiu, NM.
  25. Web site: Staff . Pasa . Art and Culture News . 2022-05-17 . Santa Fe New Mexican . en.
  26. Web site: 2019-05-27 . 2018 Nominees & Award Winners . 2022-05-17 . Dog Writers Association . en-US.

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