Mental Papercuts | Online – Fiction Editor

August 2018 – Present

 

Started an online literary journal for flash stories with colleagues from college. Created Flashtober, a month-long writing event to that provided daily writing prompts through social media. Read through various submissions.

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Ragdale Foundation| Lake Forest, IL – Residency and Admissions Intern

July 2018 – September 2018

Created profiles for artists in-resident for the second half of 2018. In charge of social media posting to keep viewers update to-date on what’s happening at the residency. Organized and created a more efficient welcome packet for residents. On-call for residents to make sure their stay is comfortable and stress-free.
 

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Hair Trigger 2.0 | Chicago, IL – Creative Nonfiction Editor

September 2017-May 2018

In charge of creative nonfiction acquisitions for literary magazine. Consulted other co-editors on quality, style, and voice of pieces to ensure the fit for online magazine Hair Trigger 2.0.
 

 

Hair Trigger | Chicago, IL – Production Editor

September 2017-December 2017

 

Responsible for copyediting and proofreading Hair Trigger. Worked with team of 11 to decide the order of 40th anniversary edition of award winning student anthology.

The Publishing Lab | Chicago, IL – Contributing Editor
January 2017-December 2017

Held consultations with students to edit and find markets for their work. Worked with co-editors to acquire and edit submissions for The Lab Review, an online literary magazine. Wrote monthly blog posts for website.

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Myth-Ink - President, Vice president, Secretary

​2015 - 2017

 

Was secretary when the club first started back. Worked up to president of a Columbia College student organization for genre writing.
Activities include planning the “So You Want to Be an Author” event in conjunction with the Chicago Book Expo, a professional development seminar for writers. Duties included outreach to potential sponsors and publishing houses. Estimated attendance 50+ for each of five panels.

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