Eli Cranor played quarterback at Ouachita Baptist University while majoring in English Literature. By twenty-six, he was the head football coach of a small high school near the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. These days, he's traded in the pigskin for a word processor, writing from Arkansas where he lives with his wife and daughter. He was awarded the 2018 Robert Watson Literary Prize by The Greensboro Review and is currently at work on a novel. He is represented by Rick Pascocello of Glass Literary Management. 

PUBLISHED WORK:

• Recipient of the Robert Watson Literary Prize:"Don't Know Tough," 2018, The Greensboro Review, Print

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