Todd Epp Member Member since 2026

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Todd Epp is a mostly retired and recovering attorney and journalist living in South Dakota. He writes primarily about the Plains states. He was a finalist for The Good Life Review's 2026 Honeybee Poetry Prize and a finalist in the Four Tulips' 2026 Break the Rules short story contest. He is also the author of Dharma Tweets: Mindfulness in 140 characters or less, available on Kindle.

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Todd Epp's Publication History

Nov 2026

Pasque Petals will publish The Last Living Spanish-American War Veteran In...

Nov 2026

The Rome Review will publish There Are No Trees in Nebraska Bazile Creek Valley

Oct 2026

Red River Review published Dead or Worse

Sep 2026

101 Words published Boot Scraper

Aug 2026

Macrame Literary Journal published The Washer Women

Jul 2026

BlinkerLit published The Hum

Jul 2026

Ratatosk published Memory

Interview with Todd Epp

Who are your literary (or artistic) heroes?

John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, William Blake, and Joyce Carol Oates.

How much of a typical day (or week) are you able to dedicate to your creative work?

1-2 hours

How do you celebrate your successes, such as acceptances? How do you handle rejections and other setbacks?

Tell my wife and friends, then start working on the next submission.

How much time do you spend reading for pleasure or edification?

Half hour/day

Do you have a personal creative style? How would you describe it?

Plains Minimalism

Where do you find inspiration?

From my own experiences, from my families' experiences, writing contests, and online writing workshops.

What fictional character would you most like to be?

Nick Adams or Tom Joad

If you could choose to be born in any era, which one would you choose and why?

This one. One must live in the present.

What advice would you give to a young, budding writer (or artist) with less experience than yourself?

Expect lots of rejections, you won't pay the rent being a creative writer, revise your work, and keep learning about your craft.

For your first draft (or sketch), do you prefer analog or digital tools, or a mix?

Digital

What would you like your epitaph to say?

He gave a damn.

Last Updated: 03 Oct 2026