EMPLOYMENT

Writer’s Digest University Instructor

Lead the Writer's Digest University online courses titled Copyediting Certification Course, Introduction to Copyediting, and Professional Copyediting. 

Freelance Editor 

Provide copyediting and content editing services to book publishers and individual authors.

Freelance Writer

Write articles for national and local magazines and newspapers. 

Editor/Writer: The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC

Book Editor: Creative Homeowner Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ

Copy Editor: The Ridgewood News, Ridgewood, NJ

Editorial Assistant: New American Library, New York, NY

EDUCATION

Emerson College 1988

Participated in graduate-level writing and publishing program.

Skidmore College 1988

Earned a BA in English with a concentration in writing.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

Member of Mensa since 2000

Member of South Carolina Writers Workshop since 2004

Winner of South Carolina Fiction Project contest 2004 and 2008

Winner of the Carrie McCray Literary Competition (nonfiction category) 2007 and 2009 

Winner of the Carrie McCray Literary Competition (novel-1st chapter category) 2011

Winner of the Carrie McCray Literary Competition (poetry category) 2011 

Nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2008

 

Visit my author website at www.authorkimcatanzarite.