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Workshops, Residencies, Literary Awards, & Events
Workshops Taught
Multimedia Poetry • The Poetry Society of New York
May 2024
Essay Writing (Creative/Personal/Academic/College Admission) • Writopia Lab
Group youth workshops & private sessions; weekly during academic year & weeklong, daily summer workshops
July 2018 - September 2019
Ithaca Writers Institute • Ithaca College
Personal Essay TA – Summer 2017
Poetry TA – Summer 2016
Personal Essay (WRTG 20500) • Ithaca College
Professor’s Apprentice
Spring 2018
Residencies
Residency • The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA)
Short-term Residency for Hybrid Work, specifically video essay
Winter 2024
Micro-Residency • The Poetry Society of New York
Residency in honor of Pride Month at Books are Magic in Brooklyn, NY
June 2019
Designated Alternate for Residency • Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
Summer 2018
Literary Events
Featured Reader • [untitled collective] reading at Unnameable Books
A poetry reading raising funds for a local literary nonprofit
August 2024
Host, Moderator, & Reader • There’s A Lot to Unpack Here x A Velvet Giant
Sponsored by The Poetry Society of New York
Unpacked AVG contributors' writing with the writers after each reading, my own writing with the PSNY director of programming, and AVG's story, mission, & community in front of a live audience
August 2023
Guest • Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour
Discussed my writing and editorial experiences and read one of my poems for literary podcast
July 2023
Panelist • The Brooklyn Poets Poetry Festival
“Journal Publishing, Editing and Submissions Panel and Q&A”
Representing A Velvet Giant
May 2023
Co-Organizer & Host of A Velvet Giant Readings • NYC Poetry Festival
Summers 2021, 2022, 2023
Featured Reader • Miss Manhattan Nonfiction Reading Series
Invited to read in the lineup
February 2020
Literary Awards
Semifinalist: The Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award
Essay/Text-Image, “Clouded”
The Center for Women Writers International Literary Awards
Judged by Melissa Febos
2019
First Place: Image-Text Category • The Ithaca College Writing Contest
Video Essay, “It's You.”
2018
Sally Parr Memorial Award
Department of Writing at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Awarded to students within the major graduating with 4.0 GPA
2018
The Judge’s Prize • The Ithaca College Writing Contest
Video Essay, “I'm Still Trying to Come Up with Grounding Strategies”
Overall genre excellence
2017
First Place: Personal Essay Category • The Ithaca College Writing Contest
Essay, “Breaking Open”
2016
Grant • Boldface Emerging Writers Conference
Awarded by Department of Writing at Ithaca College
Conference held at University of Houston, Houston, TX
Summer 2016