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Sonya EDUCATIONThe MFA Program for Writers at?Warren Wilson College, January 2018M.F.A. in FictionUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2005 GPA: 3.97/4.00 Bachelor of Arts in English-Creative Writing and Sociology, with Comprehensive HonorsPUBLICATIONS “Learning to Be a Panda,” The Kenyon Review, Winter 2021“Code W,” novel excerpt, Ploughshares, July 2020“The Kindest,” anthologized in Welcome to the Neighborhood: An Anthology of American Coexistence, The Ohio State University Press, December 2019 “The Empty Hour, “ The Harvard Advocate,” Spring 2019“Q County Colored Penitentiary,” anthologized in Pangyrus: The Resistance Issue, November 2018“At the Bottom of New Lake,” Warmer, Climate Fiction Amazon Original Stories Collection, with Jane Smiley, Lauren Groff, Jess Walter, Edan Lepucki, Skip Horack, October 2018“The Horror and Joy of No One to Blame,” Literary Matters, July 2018“The Request,” Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices, July 2018“The Peak,” Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices, July 2018“AA,” Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices, July 2018“Catch and Release: Strategies of Overt and Covert Narratorial Control,” The Writer’s Chronicle, March/April 2018“Gabe Dove,” The Best American Short Stories 2017, October 2017“Q County Colored Penitentiary,” Memorious, Fall 2017“The Kindest,” American Short Fiction, Summer 2017“Gabe Dove,” Salamander, Winter 2017“God is Love is Love is Love,” American Literary Review, Spring 2016“What I Know About Parenting I Learned from Anne Carson,” for Bourbon and Milk, American Short Fiction, December 2015 “Mixed Race Experience in Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You,” GrubDaily, December 2015“Talking Race and the MFA,” Poets & Writers, August 2015“Scoots,” West Branch, Spring/Summer 2014“Honeymoon,” The Del Sol Review, Spring 2013“Peas All Over the World,” The Red Mountain Review, Fall 2009“Campaigning,” The Hub: A Boston Literary Occasional, Winter 2008HONORS AND AWARDS (selected)Pushcart Prize nomination for “Code W,” November 2020Finalist for the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, 2020National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 2020Finalist for the Larry Levis Prize, for What If I Won’t, short story collection manuscript, January 2020Ragdale Residency Fellowship, October 2019Visiting Writer at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, April 2019Pushcart Prize nomination for “At the Bottom of New Lake,” February 2019“The Kindest” named?a Special Mention for the Pushcart Prize 2019 XLIII, November 2018“Q County Colored Penitentiary” anthologized in Pangyrus Resistance Issue, November 2018“The Kindest” named?Boston's 2018 One City One Story selection, October 2018Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers?Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, May 2018Pushcart Prize nomination for “The Kindest,” February 2018Appointment of “It’s Better to Be Lucky Than Good” and “Gabe Dove” for the New York Public Library’s Subway Library, February 2018Somerville Arts Council Literature Fellowship, January 2018Selection for Best American Short Stories 2017 for “Gabe Dove,” October 2017Tuition Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, August 2017Appointment by editor Heidi Pitlor for “Gabe Dove” in New York Public Library anthology, 2016Named one of “Celeste Ng’s 7 Short Story Writers,” by Vela Magazine, Fall 2016Notable Mention of “Scoots” for Best American Short Stories 2015Grace Paley Fiction Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, 2015Honorable Mention for Glimmer Train’s Short Award for New Writers, for “Gave Dove,” 2015Head of Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2013Head of Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2012Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2011Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2009Emerging Artist Award from the St. Botolph Club Foundation for a novel in progress, 2009Finalist for Nimrod’s 2009 Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, 2009Top 25 finalist for Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Contest, 2009Nomination to Best New American Voices from Robert Boswell, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2008Nomination to Best New American Voices from Christopher Castellani of GrubStreet, 2007UW-Madison’s Cy Howard Memorial Scholarship for Best Creative Writing Thesis, 2005University of Wisconsin Bookstore Award for Senior Thesis in Creative Writing, 20052nd place in University of Wisconsin-Madison’s short fiction contest, 2005UW-Madison’s Department of English Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award, 2005UW-Madison’s Louise Troxell Award for Most Outstanding Underclasswoman, 2005RESIDENCIES AND RETREATS4-week Fellowship to the Ragdale Residency, October 20194-week Fellowship (ALSCW) to the Vermont Studio Center, June 2018Tuition Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, August 20174-week Fellowship (Grace Paley Fiction Fellowship) to the Vermont Studio Center, July 2016Head of Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2013Head of Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2012Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2011Social Staff, Work-Study Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2009Contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, August 2008READINGSMonday, August 24th, 20207:00pm @?Cambridge Public Library?in Cambridge, MAWhat Makes a Good Writing Group? The Chunky Monkeys Share Tips & AdviceWith Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Celeste Ng, Christopher Castellani, Jennifer De Leon, Adam Stumacher, Whitney Scharer, Calvin Hennick, Grace Talusan, Chip Cheek, and Becky TuchFriday, May 22nd, 20207:00pm @?Porter Square Books?in Cambridge, MAWelcome to the Neighborhood: An Anthology ReadingWith Robert Pinsky,?Jennifer De Leon,?Gail Mazur,?Sarah Green,?Lloyd Schwartz, Katherine Hollander,?Aaron Devine, Lynne Viti, Christine Fort, and David BlairThursday, February 20th, 20206:00pm @?Suffolk University Poetry Center?in Boston, MASalamander Issue #49 Release PartyWith Moira Linehan and David MoloneyFriday, October 25th, 20197:00pm @?Belmont Books?in Belmont, MAWriter’s Craft: Exploring Climate FictionWith?Julie Carrick Dalton?and?Tim WeedMonday, April 15th, 20196:30pm @ The New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, NHVisiting Writer SeriesTuesday, November 13th, 20188:00pm @?The Oberon?in Cambridge, MAFor?Resistance Mic!Monday, October 22nd, 20187:00pm @ the?Concord Festival of Authors?in Concord, MAWith?Dariel SuarezSaturday, October 6th, 20187:00pm @?Warren Wilson College?in Asheville, NCWith?Michael Collier,?Dana Levin, and?Gabrielle BatesHouse Party Reading Series from?Bull City PressThursday, September 13th, 20187:00pm @?The Cambridge Boat House?in?Cambridge, MAThe Unauthorized Eleanor Wilner Reading SeriesSaturday, September 1st, 20187:00pm @?The Amory Center for the Arts?in Somerville, MAWith?Marguerite?Guzmán Bouvard?and?Michael KeithThe?Dire Reading SeriesWednesday, August 8th, 20187:00pm @?Belmont Books?in Belmont, MAWith?Becky TuchWednesday, February 7th, 20188:00pm @?The Oberon?in Cambridge, MAFor?Resistance Mic!?with?Obehi Janice,?Richard Hoffman,?Sebastian Johnson,?Dom Jones, and?The Kuumba SingersFriday, January 12th, 20184:00pm @?Warren Wilson College?in Asheville, NCWith?Carlos Andrés Gómez, Kristen Hewitt, and Meghan WilliamsWednesday, November 15th, 20177:00pm @?Brookline Booksmith?in Brookline, MAIn conversation with?Celeste NgThursday, October 26th, 20177:00pm @?Belmont Books?in Belmont, MAWith?Laura van den Berg?and?Heidi PitlorThursday, October 12th, 20177:00pm @?The Kickstand Cafe?in Arlington, MAWith?Kelly J. Ford?and?Joanna RakoffArlington Author SeriesThursday, May 25th, 20177:00pm @?The?Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub?in Cambridge, MAWith?Tom PerrottaWednesday, March 1st, 20177:00pm @ The Cambridge Boat House in?Cambridge, MAWith?E.J. Graff,?Jackie Malone, and Stan YarbroThe Unauthorized Eleanor Wilner Reading SeriesMonday, January 2nd, 20177:00pm @?Porter Square Books?in Somerville, MAWith?Joan WickershamWednesday, October 19th, 20167:00pm @?The?Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub?in Cambridge, MAWith?Sara Majka,?Anna Noyes, and?William PierceFour Stories Reading SeriesWednesday, June 22nd, 20167:00pm @?Trident Booksellers & Cafe?in Boston, MAWith?Jonathan Escoffery?and?Sarah GreenLarson’s Fiction Has Been Taught in Creative Writing Classes at:Harvard UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityEmory UniversityBowdoin CollegeBoston University Brandeis UniversityGrubStreetOlin College of EngineeringUniversity of Southern New HampshireWORK EXPERIENCEDirector of the Muse and the Marketplace Conference and Manager of the Boston Writers of Color Group, GrubStreet August 2017-CurrentSupervises the planning, organization, staff, and execution of GrubStreet’s annual Muse and the Marketplace conference. Recruits $20,000 in sponsorships, manages a staff of 6, and all individual logistics for 1,000+ attendees and presenters.Oversees Grub’s race and advocacy programs, aims at breaking barriers to writing programs for underrepresented racial and ethnic groupsOrganizes all monthly events, newsletters, and communications for the 1,500+ member Boston Writers of Color GroupAssistant Director, Muse and the Marketplace Conference, GrubStreet February 2015-July 2017Supervises the planning, organization, staff, and execution of GrubStreet’s annual Muse and the Marketplace conference. Recruits $50,000 in sponsorships, manages a staff of 6, and all individual logistics for 900+ attendees and presenters.Program Director, GrubStreet January 2012-January 2015Supervises the planning, organization, staff, and execution of GrubStreet’s programmatic offerings, including 600+ classes and events annually, the Muse and the Marketplace conference, a 80+ member manuscript consultation program, and $950,000 worth of programmatic income. Oversees major technical projects, including the design and implementation of a new website and internal databases.Program Manager, GrubStreet October 2008-December 2011Manages all operations of GrubStreet’s programming, including 500+ classes and events annually, the Muse and the Marketplace conference, a 80+ member manuscript consultation program, and numerous parties and events. Manages the website and all IT needs.Program Coordinator, GrubStreet September 2005-September 2008Handles all logistics of GrubStreet’s programming and registration, including 400+ classes and events annually, the Muse and the Marketplace conference, and numerous parties and events. ................
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