Education
Master's Degree
MFA in Creative Writing
Texas State University, 2022
Bachelor's Degree
BA in English
Literature and Writing
Marist College, 2011
Featured grants
- Grossman, Stephanie Marie. Unity 3D Grant for Educators, Unity Technologies; Alkek One, Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: November 2025, Funded: January 2026 - May 2026). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Grossman, S. M. (2026). A Conversation with Rufi Thorpe. The Missouri Review. Retrieved from https://missourireview.com/a-conversation-with-rufi-thorpe/
- Grossman, S. M. (2025, April). Fairy Mob Mother: Sarah Bird’s Latest Novel is a Depression-era Fairy Tale About Texas, Vaudeville, and the Mob. Texas Books in Review. San Marcos, Texas, United States: Center for the Study of the Southwest. Retrieved from https://www.tbr.txst.edu/archives/spring-2025/last-dance-on-the-stralight-pier.html
- Grossman, S. M. (2024, January). Red on Yellow. Salamander. Boston, MA, United States: Suffolk University. Retrieved from https://salamandermag.org/red-on-yellow/
- Grossman, S. M. (2023, May 9). Likeness. Joyland Magazine. New York, NY, United States: Joyland Publishing. Retrieved from https://joylandmagazine.com/fiction/likeness/
- Grossman, S. M. (2021, February 12). Girl in the Forest of Fear. CRAFT Literary. Bend, OR, United States: CRAFT Literary. Retrieved from https://www.craftliterary.com/2021/02/12/girl-forest-of-fear-steph-grossman/
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Service (Nominated by Professor Jennifer Du Bois), Texas State University. January 25, 2026 - August 21, 2026
- Award / Honor Nominee: 2023 Flash Fiction Open Contest, Fractured Lit. September 28, 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist in CRAFT Literary's 2020 CRAFT Elements Contest (Selected for Publication), CRAFT Literary. November 14, 2020
- Award / Honor Nominee: The Masters Review’s 2020 Flash Fiction Contest, The Masters Review. August 19, 2020
Featured service activities
- Member
Creative Writing Committee
- Other
Publicist and Key Member for L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Prize Committee
- Member
Writing and Rhetoric Committee
- Other
Women's Literary Society
- Other
Judge for University Writing Center Essay Contest