Paul Lewellan
Writer, Teacher, Gardener, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Friend
About
While teaching at Bettendorf High School, Paul Lewellan received the Distinguished Teacher Award by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Casualties, his play about a school shooting, was awarded the Iowa Peace Prize by the Grinnell Peace Institute. He was honored by the Community Caring Conference as a Community Hero for efforts promoting peace, tolerance, and understanding in local education.
After retiring from the public schools, he became an adjunct instructor in the Communications Studies Department at Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois.
Paul lives in a cottage in Davenport, Iowa, with his wife of forty-three years, Pamela Druger. She is his muse, best friend, and accountant. They share their home with an annoying little Shi Tzu named Mannie who just turned twenty. Since he first started writing short stories in 1996, he’s published over 160 of them. Paul’s latest story “Anger’s Sin” received the Kay Snow Award for Best Fiction from the Willamette Writers Community.
Upcoming Publications
“Instinct,” in Allium, a Journal of Poetry & Prose.
“Courtship at the Pizza Giant,”, in The Argyle Literary Magazine.
Publications in 2025
“Free Coffee Fridays,” Everscribe, Issue No. 6, February 2025.
“Courtship Outside the Tri-County Area,” Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Vol. 19, Issue 1 (March 8, 2025).
“Study of War,” Culture Cult Anthology, #Genocidal: Non Fiction, Fiction and Poetry Against Genocide, March 31, 2025.
“Andrea’s Afternoon Munch,” Lowlife Lit,April 10, 2025.
“Palm House Goddess,” Let’s Stab Caesar, Volume V: The Sacred Edition, May 2025.
“Keith,” Blood + Honey, May 1, 2025.
“Signing Lily Pageant,” Eleventh Hour Literary, Issue 1.2, Summer 2025.
Publications in 2024
“The Troublesome Dinner Guest,” Clayjar, January 9, 2024.
“Angel Face,” Coffee Ring Review, Patchwork, February 2024.
“Yeast,” Solid Food Press, February 24, 2024
“In Passing,” DEATH Lifespan Vol. 12, published byPure Slush, July 2024
“Arrested,” RIC Journal, July 7, 2024.
“Anger’s Sin,” Timberline Review, August 12, 2024
“State of Discourse at the Big Boar,” Muleskinner, Journal Eleven, Grounded, September 2024
“Almost Famous,” The Brussels Review, Autumn 2024.
“Called,” Hibiscus, November 2024
“Oedipus Rex Walks Into a Bar,”
Egg + Frog, November 2024
“The Quiet Girl and Christopher Olive,” Culterate Magazine, Winter Issue, December 21, 2024.
“Not Good With Names,” Flora Fiction, Volume 5 Issue 4 Winter 2024
Get in touch
Want to chat about writing? Drop me a line.
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