Yvonne Battle-Felton

EDUCATION
Johns Hopkins University, August 2008
MA in Writing
Fiction/Nonfiction concentration
Thesis advisor: Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson
Thesis Title: Patterns of Compromise: A Collection of Short Stories,
Personal Essays and Three Novel Chapters

University of Maryland University College, August 2006
Bachelors of Arts in English 3.32 GPA
Minor in Communications

PRINT PUBLICATIONS
“Other Side of the Pond” Penn Union, 2008
“Nine” Penn Union, 2008
“Lover’s Rock” (series) Posh Magazine, 2006
“EXGirlfriend.com” (series) The Kimball Mountain Observer/ Chimeras, 2004
“When the Dead Come Marching In” The Kimball Mountain Observer/Chimeras, 2004 “For Baltimore City Teachers” The Kimball Mountain Observer/Chimeras, 2004
“A Typical Day” Anthology, The Kimball Mountain Observer/Chimeras, 2004

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
“Riley.” The Chesapeake Reader. ed. Spring 2008
Review of Jim Hansen’s “Fatal Law” Crime and Suspense. 1 June 2007.
“Baltimore Picketers Protest Unfair Wages.” The Student Operated Press. 16 Dec. 2005.
“Baltimore the City that Leaves (if necessary).” The Student Operated Press. 10 Oct. 2005.
“Something to Think About.” The Student Operated Press. 12. Sept. 2005

EDITING CREDITS
“Traveling by Jehn” World of Possibilities Lifestyle Magazine
“Janette N. Brin Bio” Posh Magazine
“Now That’s Posh” Posh Magazine
“The Long Reign of the King of Lover’s Rock” Posh Magazine
“10 Ways to Cater your Caribbean Man” Posh Magazine
“Employees with Disabilities Help to …” World of Possibilities Lifestyle Magazine
“Arthritis Information Bits” World of Possibilities Lifestyle Magazine
“Soca Diva Jadine: Montserrat’s ‘Little Lark’” Posh Magazine

“DJ Hypness in the Building” Posh Magazine
“Sexyback, and Front” Posh Magazine

BLOGS
“This Baltimore Writer”
Personal essays, creative nonfiction, and fiction written
by Yvonne Battle-Felton
“Yvonne Battle-Felton”
Personal essays, memoir and fiction as hosted on Open Salon

WORKSHOPS
Iowa Writer’s Workshop 2008 (Fiction) Instructor: L. Samantha Chang
Bread Loaf 2008
(Fiction) Instructor: Lynn Freed
Iowa Writer’s Workshop 2009
(Fiction) Instructor: L. Samantha Chang
Accepted to program, unable to attend due to financial reasons
Bread Loaf 2009
(Fiction) Instructor: Lynn Freed
Accepted to program, unable to attend due to financial reasons
Sewanee 2009
(Fiction)
Accepted to program, unable to attend due to financial reasons

INTERNSHIPS
Wolfmont Press/Crime and Suspense, Assistant Editor 2006-2007
Tony Blount, Publisher: tony@wolfmont.com
Review manuscripts for content, recommend manuscripts for
publication, communicate status and feedback to publisher
and authors, review books, and edit for content and style.

Student Operated Press, Reporter 2005-2007
Judyth Piazza, Publisher: judythpiazza@gmail.com
Write and Edit articles. Research and interview sources.

Caring Communities Lifestyle Magazine, Associate Editor 2006-2006
Mona Freedman, Publisher: mona@caringcommunities.org
Recommend and edit content for print magazine, solicit writers,
communicate with writers and publisher regarding deadlines.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Public Relations Society of America

References Available Upon Request

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There are instructors who inspire students to challenge themselves to tell the story the way it should be told—to revise it, craft it and to recognize it once they’ve attained it. By listening to my students; adapting individual and group projects to enhance assigned readings; teaching students to participate in their community; and engaging students in their own success, I aspire to be such an instructor.

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Yvonne Battle-Felton writes literary fiction and creative nonfiction that explores the psychology of characters and shows how characters influence their own plots.

Last year, she attended fiction workshops at Iowa Writers' Workshop and Bread Loaf. This year, Yvonne was accepted to Iowa Writers' Workshop, Bread Loaf and Sewanee writers' conferences.

December 2008, Yvonne completed her Master's in Writing (Dual concentration Fiction and Nonfiction) at Johns Hopkins University.

Yvonne engages in the community of writers and seeks to expand the writer's community of Johns Hopkins through attending workshops and conferences, participating in organizations and through indulging in the pursuit of writing.

A writer of personal essays, features, interviews, newsletters, press releases, and short stories, Yvonne submits pieces for publication and is available to write informational, engaging fiction and nonfiction freelance pieces for magazines, websites, newsletters, and books at standard industry rates.

Currently, Yvonne contributes regularly to Open Salon, has published in the Chesapeake Reader, updates Twitter @NemesisInk semi-religiously, appears online in various capacities, writes pieces for the web and for publishing consideration, and answers calls for submissions for fiction and nonfiction pieces.

To propose a freelance project, submission or blog post, please email Yvonne at battlefelton@nemesis-ink.com

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