Eli Cranor
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Selected Fiction:
  • "Don't Know Tough," 2018, Greensboro Review, Print: (Recipient of the Robert Watson Literary Prize and Missouri Review's Miller Audio Prize Runner-Up) Audio​
  • "The Clink," 2019, storySouth
  • "Unforgivable," 2018, Juked 
  • "Morning Crew," 2018, Eclectica Magazine, SPOTLIGHT RUNNER UP
  • "Labor Day," 2017, Arkansas Review, Print (Video)
  • "Superman," 2017, Across the Margin (Video)
  • "Long Shadows in the Almost Fall, " 2017, Eclectica Magazine (Video)

Oxford American: "Hash Marks"​
  • 3/7/19: “MADDOG"​
  • 4/25/19: "HAIRY"
  • 6/13/19: "HEART"​
  • 8/8/19: "STORMS"
  • 9/26/19: "SON"
  • ​11/14/19: "WHY"

"Athletic Support"​​
  • ​6/23/19: "Athletic Support" 
  • 6/30/19: "My nephew is burning out"
  • 7/7/19: "'Redshirting' my 9-year-old"​
  • 7/15/19: "Does my son need a private coach?"
  • 7/21/19: "Locker room talk"
  • 7/28/19: "Facebook football"
  • 8/4/19: "Coaching from the stands"
  • 8/11/19: "Idle hands"​
  • 8/18/19: "Coach's son gets special attention"
  • 8/26/19: "Beat the heat"​
  • 9/1/19: "Hunting or football?"
  • 9/8/19: "Time to switch teams?"
  • 9/15/19: "Role player for a reason"​
  • ​9/22/19: "Papa forced to coach"
  • 9/29/19: "Too young for football?"​
  • 10/6/19: "Don't force sports"
  • 10/13/19: "Is my son a butterfly chaser?"​
  • 10/20/19: "Scholarship hopes dead, now what?"​
  • 10/27/19: "Late bloomer, a blessing or a curse?"
  • 11/3/19: "Sick and tired of losing"​
  • 11/10/19: "Withholding football as punishment"
  • 11/17/19: "Fake scholarship signing?"​
  • 11/24/19: "No cellphones in the locker room!"​
  • 12/1/19: "Coach cancels post-season awards banquet"

​"From the Pocket"​: 2018-19
  • ​2/25/18: "From the Pocket"
  • 3/4/18: "Could football stop the next school shooting?
    • ​Also published over at THE GOOD MEN PROJECT
  • 3/11/18: "First-Time Fan"
  • 3/18/18: "Kind of Like Fight Club"
    • ​​Also published over at ​THE GOOD MEN PROJECT
  • 3/26/18: "Old Bull"
  • 4/1/18: "Easters on the Buffalo"​
  • ​4/8/18: "Swedish football taught me to unplug"
  • 4/15/18: "A masterclass in grit, Thanks, Tony Finau"
  • 4/22/18: "Coach Trump"
  • 4/29/18: "Drafting a quarterback is like picking a pony: I like 'em gritty"
  • 5/6/18: "When the dogwood leaves are as big as squirrel's ears..."
  • 5/13/18: "A Mother's Day card"
  • ​5/20/18: "The necessary violence of sport, life"
  • 5/27/18: "How to get what you want"
  • 6/3/18: "Summertime and the livin' is easy: Or is it?"
  • 6/10/18: "Is the glory of winning worth the pain of defeat?"​
  • 6/17/18: "Few changes from Coach to Dad"
  • 6/24/18: "A bike ride across the country"
  • 7/1/18: "It was just a foul ball: Forget it"
  • 7/8/18: "Crooked Creek: Arkansas's best kept secret"
  • 7/15/18: "Nice guys finish last: Fact or fiction in sports, politics, and life"
  • ​7/22/18: "Summer Vacation: Footprints in the sand"
  • 7/29/18: "Fridge wasn't made to run, but he did"
  • 8/5/18: "Football: Closest​ to a Battlefield" 
  • 8/12/18: "An Introduction to 'Fractured Faith​"
  • 8/19/18: "Fractured Faith: Landon Leach"​
  • 8/26/18: "Fractured Faith: Ty Towers, Part I"​
  • 9/2/18 "Fractured Faith: Ty Towers, Part II"​
  • 9/9/18: "Fractured Faith: Supe"​
  • 9/16/18: "Fractured Faith: Sweden"​
  • 9/23/18: "Fractured Faith: J.R. Eldridge"​
  • 9/30/18​: "Fractured Faith: Amen"
  • 10/8/18: "Homecoming"​
  • 10/14/18: "The Greatest Game Ever"
  • 10/21/18: "Arkansas's Storey Has True Grit"
  • 10/28/18: "Just Keep Playing"
  • 11/4/18: "Susie Whorton: Frozen in Time" ​
  • 11/11/18: "Americans, We're on the same team"
  • 11/18/18: "Each Leaf Falls Just Once"
  • 11/25/18: "What Matters During the Holiday Season"​
  • 12/2/18: "Digging in Deep with the 2-10 Hogs"
  • 12/9/18: "Robyn's T-Shirt Scandal"
  • 12/16/18: "Be Careful When Criticizing Athletes"
  • 12/23/18: "Don't Talk Trump During the Holidays"​
  • 12/30/18: "Best Readers' Responses of 2018"​
  • 1/6/19: "College Football's 'Best' Kept Secret: The Bag Man​
  • 1/13/19: "My Best Year"​
  • ​1/20/19: "Choosing Teams: Is there even a choice?"
  • 1/27/19: "Everything happens for a reason, right?"​
  • 2/3/19: "Six(ish) thoughts on the Super Bowl"​
  • 2/10/19: "It All Adds Up"​
  • 2/17/19: "The Story of the Wall"
  • 2/24/19: "3 Good Things About Trump​"
  • 3/3/19: "Can't Win For Losing"
  • 3/10/19: "A Heart Beat's Rhythm"​
  • 3/17/19: "Spring Break: A time for reflection"
  • 3/24/19: "Chop Wood. Carry Water."​
  • 3/31/19: "Thug Nasty"
  • 4/7/19: "So Much"
  • 4/14/19: "Blow Up Your TV"​
  • ​4/21/19: "Power in Paper"
  • 4/28/19: "Effort and Respect"
  • 5/5/19: "Margaritaville"
  • 5/12/19: "My Biggest Fan"
  • 5/19/19: "Two Pops at the Races"​
  • 5/26/19: "Floatin'"​
  • 6/2/19: "For the Love of Dogs"
  • 6/9/19: "Playing It Cool"​
  • 6/16/19: "I Am Theirs"​
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Journalism/Guest Columns:

  • 4/23/18: "Lessons Learned:" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 
  • 5/7/18: "Talking Trump in middle America:" Galveston Daily News
  • 6/4/18: "No going back: Trump will always be with us" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • 6/11/18: "Riding to work is like Dad's big ride" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • 9/3/18: "The Written Word" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • 9/21/18: "Call the Hogs, don't boo them" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • 10/12/18: "More Than Hogs" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 
  • ​10/22/18: "Net Benefits" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • 8/12/19: "Old South Staple" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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