Rick Gustafson is a playwright, a novelist, and an award-winning short story writer from Denver, Colorado.
His play The Weigh Station is scheduled for a rehearsed reading at a Questers Theatre Q Extra in London in July, and In Denver, Colorado this October. His latest play Being Ernest is currently in development.
Rocky Mountian Fiction Writers selected Rick's novel, Discipline, as a finalist for the Rocky Mountian Gold Contest in 2023, and his short piece, "Rent Money: A Me and Mickey Story" was awarded a Zebulon from Pike's Peak Writers in 2020.
Rick has also received awards E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Contest, the Writers-Editors Network, and two awards from the Denver Women’s Press Club. His short fiction appeared in the Nefarious North Anthology.
In addition to fiction, he has written feature articles for several Colorado magazines and newspapers. He was a regular contributor to Colorado Community Media.
Rick completed graduate work at the University of Denver, earning a Master’s of Liberal Studies in Global Affairs as well as a Certificate of Advanced Study in Creative Writing.
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