Daniel Orozco taught fiction writing.
- M.F.A., University of Washington, 1994
- B.A., Stanford University, 1979
Daniel Orozco's work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, McSweeney's, Zoetrope: All Story, Ecotone, and others. He is the author of Orientation and Other Stories (Faber and Faber).
- Fiction Writing
- The Short Story
- Writing Pedagogy
- Orientation and Other Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2011.
- Pushcart Prize 2022. For “Leave No Trace,” selected by Bill Henderson and reprinted in The 2022 Pushcart Prize XLVI: Best of the Small Presses.
- William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2012. For Orientation and Other Stories.
- Whiting Writers' Award 2011. Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation.
- Literature Fellowship in Fiction 2007. Idaho Commission on the Arts.
- Best American Essays 2007. For “Shakers,” selected by Robert Atwan and David Foster Wallace, and reprinted in Best American Essays 2007.
- National Magazine Award Finalist for Fiction 2006. For "Somoza's Dream."
- Literature Fellowship in Prose 2006. National Endowment for the Arts.
- Best American Mystery Stories 2005. For “Officers Weep,” selected by Otto Penzler and Joyce Carol Oates, and reprinted in Best American Mystery Stories 2005.
- Scowcroft & L’Heureux Fellowship in Fiction 1997-1999. Stegner Creative Writing Program. Stanford University.
- Pushcart Prize 1997. For “The Bridge,” selected by Bill Henderson and reprinted in The 1997 Pushcart Prize XXI: Best of the Small Presses.
- Best American Short Stories 1995. For “Orientation,” selected by Katrina Kenison and Jane Smiley, and reprinted in Best American Short Stories 1995.
