Loft Literary Center

Minneapolis, MN, 2018-Present

TEACHING ARTIST

 

• Taught a workshop on developing strong plots, Don't Lose the Plot, in the Summer of 2018

 

Red Bird Chapbooks

Saint Paul, MN, 2017

MANAGING EDITOR

 

• Handled logistics the press, including blinding possibilities, development, coordination, and formatting

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Coffee House Press

Minneapolis, MN, Fall 2017

INTERN

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• Reviewed and produced reports for manuscripts submitted to Coffee House Press

• Drafted a press release

• Copyedited website material

• Assisted in general office responsibilities 

 

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN, Spring 2017

INSTRUCTOR

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• Taught Hamline University's WRIT 1100: Introduction to Creative Writing

 

Runestone Literary Journal

Saint Paul, MN, Fall 2016

ASSOCIATE POETRY EDITOR

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• Reviewed poetry submissions from undergraduate students across the United States

• Led a board of Hamline University BFA in Creative Writing students to choose poems to be included in the third volume of Runestone Literary Journal

• Led lessons about poetry writing and literary journals

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Red Bird Chapbooks

Saint Paul, MN, 2016-Present

FICTION EDITOR

 

• Review submissions to Red Bird Chapbooks

• Choose to edit up to three submissions per annum to produce a chapbook

 

Graywolf Press

Minneapolis, MN, Winter 2016

EDITORIAL INTERN

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• Reviewed agented submissions and produce reports on the quality and fit for Graywolf Press

• Worked through the general submissions to the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize

• Assisted in office responsibilities

           

Water~Stone Review

Saint Paul, MN, Spring 2016

FICTION EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

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• Reviewed contest and general submissions to Water ~ Stone Review

• Discussed merits and concerns for pieces with board

• Voted for pieces to be included in the annual

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rock. paper. scissors

Saint Paul, MN, 2015-2016

EDITOR (Fiction and Nonfiction)

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• Reviewed submissions to rock paper scissors, the literary journal of Hamline University’s Master of Fine Arts Program

• Chose pieces to be included in rock. paper. scissors.

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Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop

Saint Paul, MN, 2014-2016

MENTOR

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• Worked via mail with a writer in the prison system

• Provided detailed edits on that writer’s work

 

 

Ruminate Magazine

Fort Collins, CO

SHORT STORY PRIZE GUEST READER (2014, 2015)

 

• Reviewed over three hundred submissions to Ruminate Magazine for the William Van Dyke Short Story Prize

• Submitted a list of twenty stories

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FICTION INTERN (2010-2011)

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• Organized and provided preliminary vetting for fiction submissions to Ruminate Magazine

• Copy-edited and proof read issues

• Managed website blog

• Solicited advertisements

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Normandale Community College

Bloomington, MN

SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTOR

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• Offered office hours for students in Intro to Creative Writing

• Led three class sessions

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Tubman

Minneapolis, MN

GRANT WRITING INTERN

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• Researched and wrote grants for Minnesota’s largest domestic violence shelter

• Analyzed and formatted data