About S. Asher Sund

S. Asher Sund grew up in Olympia, WA, spent many of his early adult years in Portland, OR, and now makes Ojai, CA, his home. With a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and an M.F.A. in Fiction, he teaches creative writing and fiction (among other classes) at Ventura College and on the local naval base.

His fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction have been published in Narrative Magazine, Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, Mississippi Review, Juked, Willow Springs, Frontier Poetry, and Briar Cliff Review, among many others. He was a finalist for the 2025 Frontier Poetry Open, and he won the Marjorie J. Wilson Award, judged by Joyce Carol Oates, for his prose poem, “12 Steps of a Tradeshow Junkie.”

Sund also creates and produces a variety of projects, including music, films, and spoken word.