Email me: annie.raab@gmail.com
Annie Raab
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Bio
Annie Raab earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute with a double major in Sculpture and Creative Writing, and an MFA in Fiction from Virginia Tech.
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A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her specialty is in covering the Midwest. She lives part-time on her sailboat, Nacreous.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
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• MFA Virginia Tech, Fiction
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• BFA Kansas City Art Institute, Sculpture; Creative Writing (double major)
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Editorial & Staff Writing
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• Contributing writer: The Milwaukee Record
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• Fiction Editor: the minnesota review
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• Managing Editor: The New River
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• Arts Journalist: The Pitch
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• Board Member: Whispering Prairie Press
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• Senior Prose Editor, Kansas City Voices
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In the classroom
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• Creative Writing Instructor, Virginia Tech
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• First Year Writing Instructor, Composition & Rhetoric, Virginia Tech
• Writing Assistant, School of the New York Times
• Creative Writing Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech
•Writing Center Coach, Virginia Tech
• Writing Instructor, Business Writing, Virginia Tech
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•Academic Support Specialist, Kansas City Art Institute
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•Pre-College Art Lab (PCAL) Creative Writing Instructor, Kansas City Art Institute
Awards & Recognition
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• Virginia Tech Fiction Prize for “The Academy”, selected by Alyson Hagy
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• Virginia Tech Creative Nonfiction Prize for “On Doubt”, selected by Brian Blanchfield
• Nominated for AWP Intro Journals Project for essay “On Doubt”
• “Victoria Park Found Dead at 45” shortlisted for the Unicorn Training Student Prize for New Media Writing
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• Second place winner of the Southampton Review Short Short Fiction Contest for "Once the Downs Empty", selected by Amy Hempel.
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• “Survivors,” shortlisted in the quarterly fiction competition, TSS: The Short Story
• “The Frayed Edge,” quarterly fiction contest honorable mention, On The Premises
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• Recipient of a Lighton International Artists Exchange Program (LIAEP) Grant
• Guest juror for the visual art Student Citation Show at University of Central Missouri
• Recipient of an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant
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Residencies & Workshops
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• Southampton Review Writing Workshop with Amy Hempel
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• Kenyon Review Writing Workshop with AJ Verdelle
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• Writer in residence at Art Farm, Marquette, Nebraska
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• Writer in residence at Green Olive Arts, Tétouan, Morocco
In the community​
• Virginia Tech MFA reading showcase
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• Kenyon Review reading showcase
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• Critical Writing in KC panel participant at Weinberger Fine Arts
• Kansas City Art Institute Panel Discussion panelist at the KCAI Crossroads Gallery, part of the “Life After KCAI” series
• Writing Lab consultant at UMKC’s Artist INC Advance program
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• Presenter at Shelf Life, Unwanted Gifts
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• “Oh, How We’ve Failed,” KCTV 5 interview
• 90.1 KKFI ArtSpeak Radio interview, A Month in Morocco: Women & Fiction
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Guest juror for the visual art Student Citation Show, University of Central Missouri
• Presenter at A Common Sense Reading Series curated by Jordan Stempleman
• 90.1 KKFI ArtSpeak Radio interview with Kansas City Voices, “Art of Kansas City Voices” exhibition
• Co-curator of “Art of Kansas City Voices” at the Leedy-Volkus Art Center
• Presenter at A Common Sense Reading Series curated by Jordan Stempleman
Unique Skills
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• Grant applications for the arts
• Residency proposals
• Arts development strategy
• Community outreach strategy
• Museum collaboration
• Student engagement