Angela Jane Fountas   •   Writer

Artist Résumé

Contact: afountas[at]writehabit[dot]org

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University of Alabama, 2001
• Awarded graduate teaching assistantship, teaching writing fellowship, and research and travel grant

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1993
• Concentrations in English literature and film studies

Awards

Arts Special Projects Grant, 4Culture, King County, Seattle, 2006
CityArtist Projects Grant, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, 2006
Jack Straw Writer, 2006
Alumni Fiction Award, University of Alabama, 2000
Research and Travel Grant, University of Alabama, 1999
Teaching Writing Fellowship, University of Alabama, 1999
Alumni Fiction Award, University of Alabama, 1999

Publications

Book

Waking Up American: Coming of Age Biculturally, Anthology, Editor, Seal Press, 2005

Stories & Prose Poems

"The Difference Is Spreading, " "Es war einmal," "The Scratching," Red Mountain Review, 2007
"The Hydrologic Cycle," Sentence, No. 5, 2007
"Balloon Girl," Quick Fiction, Spring 2007
"Little China Doll," StringTown, 2006
"Neverending Journey," "Following Trees," "Balloon Girl," Jack Straw Writers Anthology, 2006
"Shush," Redivider, Spring 2006
"The Greatest Séance on Earth," Cuckoo's Nest, Payseur & Schmidt/Born Magazine, 2006
"Lydia," Diagram.2, Del Sol Press, 2006
"The Color of Red Clay," elimae, March 2006
"Warning," Monkeybicycle, Fall 2005
"Above the Surface," The Bitter Oleander, Fall 2005
"No More Stories," Syntax, Fall 2004
"Queendom," Pindeldyboz.com, June 2004
"Lydia," Diagram, Fall 2003 (nominated for a 2004 Pushcart Prize)
"The Future," Faultline: Journal of Art & Literature, Spring 2000

Articles & Essays

"My Father's Mother Tongue," Waking Up American, Seal Press, 2005
"Deb Caletti: Interview," Rewrite, Spring 2005
"How to Pick the Right Graduate Program," The Writer, November 2004
"Tell Your Story," Northwest Asian Weekly, September 18–24, 2004
"An Unlikely Mentor," Uncapped, Spring 2003
"Departures," Rewrite, Summer 2001
"Will an MFA Help?," Uncapped, Summer 2001

Readings

Seattle Public Library, Beacon Hill Branch, January 2007
Jack Straw Productions, Seattle, May 2006
UW Women's Center, Seattle, March 2006
Bluestockings, New York, October 2005
OBEN Public Library, Oyster Bay, October 2005
Book Court, Brooklyn, October 2005
University Book Store, Tacoma, October 2005
Black Oaks Books, Berkeley, October 2005
Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco, October 2005
University Book Store, Seattle, September 2005
MFA Reading Series, Tuscaloosa, April 2000
MFA Reading Series, Tuscaloosa, February 1998

Community

Presenter, Write on the Sound, 2007
Teacher, Ferry Tales, 826 Seattle, 2007
Reading/Talk, How to Become an Emerging Writer, Grants Event, 2007
Coteacher, Ode to My Socks, 826 Seattle, 2007
Instructor, Write-O-Rama, Richard Hugo House, 2006
Coteacher, Mayhem-and-Mischief-Filled Short-Short Stories, 826 Seattle, 2006
Judge, One Page Prize, Fish Publishing, 2006
Visiting Writer, Writing Day, St. John School, 2006
Tutor, John Marshall Publishing Project, 826 Seattle, 2006
Coteacher, Really Short Stories, 826 Seattle, 2006
Writer, The Eight Essential Ingredients, Richard Hugo House, presented by Born Magazine, 2006
Visiting Writer, Family Write Night, St. John School, 2006
Teaching Artist, Short Fiction Workshops, SCRIBES at Ingraham, 2005
Visiting Writer, Mixed-Tape Project, BCC Community College CEO Program, 2004
Writing Judge, The Seal-attle Press, North Beach Elementary School, 2004
Panelist, MFA and Creative Writing Programs, PEN Washington, 2004

Classes

Instructor, Richard Hugo House

  • Fixed Form Narratives, summer 2007
  • Lit-Mag Reading Club, spring 2007
  • Fiction in a Flash, winter 2007
  • Feverish Fiction Retreat, spring 2006
  • Tap Your True Voice, winter 2006
  • Bedtime Stories, fall 2005
  • Cut It Short, spring 2005
  • Short-Short Story Lab, winter 2005 and fall 2004
  • The Writing Habit, spring 2004

Independent Instructor, Phinney Neighborhood Center

  • Compact Prose, spring 2004
  • Build a Story, winter 2004
  • The Writing Habit, fall 2003

Instructor, University of Washington Women's Center

  • Research-Fueled Fiction, winter 2004 and summer 2003
  • All About the MFA in Creative Writing, winter 2003 and winter 2002
  • How to Grow Words, spring 2002 and summer 2001

Website

Founded WriteHabit.org, a website in support of new and emerging writers, in 2003.

Affiliations

826 Seattle, Artist Trust, Editorial Freelancers Association, Northwest Independent Editors Guild, Richard Hugo House, Seattle Writergrrls, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Women in Digital Journalism