Janet Paszkowski
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States Email: JAlpha@Bellsouth.net
Home page: http://diaryofaliteraryfictioneditor.blogspot.com/
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
Honorable Mmention Revenge Lit Flash Fiction Contest June, 2009
Everyday Musing Poetry Contest 2009 One of the top 25 poems (out of 350 submissions) awarded publication in Everday Musings Anthology June, 2009
3rd Place Poetic Idol Contest Artella--Spring Issue 2008
Honorable Mention/Summer 2007 WOW (Women on Writing) Fiction Contest
1st Place/June 2006 The Smith Moseley Award for Poetry 31st Southeastern Writers Workshop Southeastern Writers Association
2nd Place/2005 First Chapter of a Novel Contest Byline Magazine
8th Place/2005 The National Writers Association Short Story Contest
Published Finalist(2005) The Binnacle’s Second Annual Ultra-Short Anthology Contest The University of Maine at Machias
3rd Place/2005 Writing Smarter Competition/Double-Digit Category San Gabriel Writer’s League
Honorable Mention, Haikus about Motherhood (2005) Brain Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers Mamaku
Honorable Mention, 2005 Caorlyn A. Clark Soul Making Literary Competition National League of Pen Women, San Francisco Bay Branch 9th Place, November 2004 73rd Annual Writer’s Competition (nonrhyming poetry category) Writer’s Digest Magazine
Finalist, 2004 Short Story Portfolio Santa Fe Writers Project Santa Fe Literary Awards Program, October 2004
Finalist 2004 Storycove Fiction Contest Word Smitten Literary Magazine
Fellowship, The 2004 Arts & Letters Workshop Georgia College & State University
Honorable Mention,February 2004 4th Annual Short Short Story Competition Writer’s Digest Magazine
Second Prize, January 2004 Haiku Contest Writer Online
First Prize, June 2000 Leroy Spruil Fiction Award Southeastern Writer’s Conference First Prize, July/August 1999 Humor Contest Humor and Life in Particular
First Prize, July/August 1999 Short Story Contest Pinckneyville Writers Annual Awards
Third Prize, 1998 Short Story Contest Gwinnett Writers, Annual Awards
PUBLISHED FICTION, POETRY & NONFICTION:
Everyday Musings Anthology June 2009 Poem - And so it began . . .
SHALLA Magaine: Winter Bloom Issue 2008 Short story - The Whirlpool Galaxy
WOW! (Women on Writing) Guest Blogger - Darlin' I Vant to be Alone January 2, 2008
WOW! (Women on Writing) Guest Blogger - My Not So Secret Formula for Winning Writing Contests December 4, 2008
WOW! (Women on Writing) Short Story - Snowflakes in July (Fall 07)
Kennesaw Review (Fall 07) Haibun poems - Sea Cameo. Contemplating Lobster. Splice of Life.
Sea Stories (Fall 07) Haibun poem
Mom Writer's Literary Magazine (Spring 07) Poem - A Special Meal; Remembering Mother
Boston Literary Magazine (Fall 2006) Quick Fiction - Like Heaven On Earth
Cezanne's Carrot (June 2006) A Literary Journal of Fresh Observations Short Story - The Whirlpool Galaxy
Andwerve Literary Journal (April 2006) Poem - I Want a Divorce
A Young Poet's Guide to Poetry and Poetry Writing (March 2006) Article - How to Invite Readers Into Your Poem With a Great Title
Stories of Strength/Anthology (2005) Collection of poems, essays & short fiction Contributing Editor/Poem - I Was In My Rose Garden
The Binnacle’s Second Annual Ultra-Short Anthology (2005) The University of Maine at Machias Ultra-short story - That's What They Say
Savvy Women Magazine (Australia/September 2005) Poem - Color Me
Flashshot (August 2005) Poem - The Sky Watchers
Tinywords (June 2005) Poem - Iquana Stew
Flashquake Literary Journal (Winter Issue 2004/2005) Haibun Poem - Break Away
Literary Mama Literary Magazine (September 2004) Poem - The Goddess of Destiny
The Writer’s Room (June 2004) Flash Fiction - The Truth About Mary
Absolute Write (August, 2004) Article - Defining Artless Fiction: 24 Basic Differences Between Literary & Mainsream/Genre Writing
Thresholds Quarterly (May, 1999) Short Story - Eve Rywoman
The Nocturnal Lyric (April 1999) Short Story - The Mother of All Mothers’ of the Bride
Vermont Ink (Summer 1998) Poem - Mighty Mini
Words of Wisdom - No.2, (1998) Short Short Fiction - Cindy Harleyella
The Bulwer Lytton Dark and Stormy Rides Again Fiction Contest,compiled by Scott Rice, Penquin Books (1996) Short Short Fiction - The Wild Thing Diner
The Vincent Brothers Review (1996) Short Short Fiction - How to Resign from the Junior League
EDITORIAL, WEB CONTENT, AND FEATURED WRITER EXPERIENCE
Content Writer-travel related (July 2009 - present) iNeTours.com Feature articles about Chicago Travel
Content Writer-travel related (April 2009 - present) Design Studio 1--Marietta.com & Kennesaw.com
Content Writer-travel related (March 2009 - present) Name Futures LLC--NorthGeorgia.com Selma.com Book Reviewer (March 2009 - present) U.S. Review of Books
Language and Culture Writer Bright Hub (August 2008 - present)
Book Reviewer Afterthoughts (July 2008 - present)
Book Reviewer Writers Notes (March 2008 - present)
Culture and Memoir Judge for 2008 Hoffer Awards(March 2008)
Fiction Editor (November 2007 - currently) Flash Me Flash Fiction Magazine http://www.wingedhalo.com/flashme.html
Fiction Editor (March thru August issues 2006) Andwerve Literary Magazine
Poetry Editor (2005) Stories of Strength/Anthology
TEACHING EXPERIENCE,WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS AND CHAIRMANSHIPS:
“How to Win Writing Contests” Workshop Instructor, Georgia Writers, Dunwoody, GA April, 2004 Speaker/ Women of the 21st Century Symposium , Barnes & Noble, Gwinnett, GA 2003 Chairwoman, 35th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards, 1998 Featured Poet, “An Evening of Readings”, 1997, Pinckneyville Arts Center Memoir Workshop Instructor, Borders Books, Duluth, GA, 1997-1998 Creative Writing/Memoir Workshop Instructor, Pincknyville Arts Center, 1996-98 Featured Writer, “An Evening of Creativity”, 1996, Pincknyville Arts Center
DEGREES, CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, COURSE WORK AND WORKSHOPS B.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Georgia State University/post-bacheloratte creative writing and poetry course work
Georgia College and State University/creative writing workshop Kennesaw College & State University/editing course and conferences University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/grammar course Berry College/women’s creative writing seminar Southeastern Writers/conferences Georgia Writer’s/conferences First Coast Writers' Festival University of Georgia/Harriet Austin Conferences
Interests: Janet Paszkowski is a freelance fiction writer, poet and visual artist. A graduate of The
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her fiction and poetry have received regional and
national awards, and have appeared in literary and mainstream markets.
Published writer: Yes
Freelance: Yes |