His literary articles and book reviews have appeared in Western American Literature, South Dakota Review, Journal of the West, and other journals. He has also written a doctoral dissertation, a textbook for basic writing courses, and other odds and ends of an academic nature. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including The Dakotah, Owen Wister Review, West Wind Review, American Literary Review, and Roundup Magazine.
More Western novels are forthcoming.
John Nesbitt has won many prizes and awards for his work, including a Wyoming Arts Council literary fellowship for his fiction writing.