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Dr. John M Blair

  • University Distinguished Professor - English
Portrait of Dr. John M Blair

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in English

Tulane University, 1989

Master's Degree

MA in English-Creative Writing

Florida State University, 1985

Bachelor's Degree

BA in English-Creative Writing

Florida State University, 1983

  • Blair, John M (Principal). Research Enhancement Grant, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $3200. (Funded: September 1, 2020 - September 1, 2021). Grant.
  • Blair, John (Principal). Merrick Instructional Enhancement Grant. (Submitted: 2005). Grant.
  • Blair, John (Principal). Merrick Instructional Enhancement Grant. (Submitted: 1997). Grant.
  • Blair, J. M. (2025, October). “The Operation Electric". Nine Mile Magazine. Syracuse, New York,, United States: De Anza College. Retrieved from https://www.ninemile.org/fall-2025-section-2
  • Blair, J. M. (2025, October). “Midnight & All". Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. (2025, October). “Aphorism 17: The Grass is Always Greener". Image. Seattle, WA, United States: Center for Religious Humanism.
  • Blair, J. M. (2025, October). “Aphorism 46: The Sky’s the Limit". Fourteen Hills. San Francisco CA, USA: San Francisco State University.
  • Blair, J. (2025, September). “Not a Green Bone in My Body.” The Stillwater Review. Newton, NJ, United States: Betty June Silconas Poetry Center.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize in Poetry, Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation. May 2, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Everett Southwest Literary Award, 2025, University of Central Oklahoma. April 2, 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize 2024, Red Wheelbarrow Magazine. October 2, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Sandy Crimmins National Prize in Poetry, Philadelphia Stories Magazine. March 26, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Edwin Markham Prize in Poetry, Reed Magazine. December 2021
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  1. Member

    Academic Governance Committee

  2. Member

    Texas State Family Campaign

  3. Other

    Novel Writers of Texas State University (student group)

  4. Other

    Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity

  5. Chair

    Creative Writing Committee

  6. Other

    Undergraduate Creative Writing Emphasis

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