Education
Master's Degree
MFA in Creative Writing
Texas State University, 2011
Bachelor's Degree
BA in English
Univ of South Carolina Columbia, 2005
Featured grants
- Jensen, William. Study-In-America New Program Development, Office of distance and Extended Learning, Texas State University. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Jensen, W. (2025). Strangers. Guilty: Crime Story Magazine.
- Jensen, W. (2025). Blackberry Winter. In Absolute Zero.
- Mckiernan, J. R., & Jensen, W. (Eds.). (2025, August). Texas Books in Review Spring 2025. Texas Books in Review. Retrieved from https://www.tbr.txst.edu/archives/spring-2025.html
- Mckiernan, J. R., & Jensen, W. (Eds.). (2025, May 10). Texas Books in Review: Special Print Issue, 2015-2025. Texas Books in Review.
- Jensen, W. (2024). Civilized Homes. In Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Nominee: Pushcart Nomination, "A Quiet Place to Hide". February 2017
- Award / Honor Nominee: Pushcart Nomination, "Come Again Another Day". February 2017
- Award / Honor Recipient: Graduate College Scholarship. 2010
- Award / Honor Recipient: Winner, University of South Carolina’s Havilah Babcock Short Story Contest. 2005
- Award / Honor Recipient: “Camino Real,” a short story, was nominated for inclusion in Pushcart Prize XXXIX. 1925
Featured service activities
- Speaker
Humanities Texas
- Member
Internship committee
- Member
Creative Writing Committee
- Member
Library Administrative Support Committee
- Volunteer
Habitat for Humanity
- Participant
Bobcat Day