Edwin Rivera

​Playwright, fiction writer, editor

Humanities and Sciences

Education

BA, New Jersey City University; MFA, New School University


Professional experience includes

Playwright, In the Palace of the Planet King; Come Rain, Come Hurricane; Stubbornness & Bone; editor,The Match Factory, School of Visual Arts


Publications include

Global City Review, Evening Street Review, Kweli, Tupelo Quarterly, Another Chicago Magazine, Acentos Review, Monkeybicycle, PANK magazine


Awards and honors include

Residency, Willapa Bay AiR; Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts; Writers of Color Scriptwriting Scholarship, Gotham Writers Workshop; Norman Mailer Center; Gary Carey Award, Outstanding New Teacher; Art Collection Writing Award, Vera List Center; Second Prize, Downtown Urban Arts Festival; Playwriting residencies include: The New Jersey Play Lab, Arthouse Productions INKubator Program