Artist Resume
Laura Lucas
PUBLICATIONS
Short Fiction
“Nilscape,” Graffiti, October 2019.
“On The Day You Were Born,” Bards and Sages Quarterly, July 2019.
“Sargasso,” Supernatural Tales #40, 2019.
“Shelter,” 2019 Two Hour Transport Anthology.
“Empty Nest” and “Ready to Roll,” Rigorous, July 2018.
“Tonight,” Falling Star Magazine, June 2014.
“Glory,” Beat the Dust, July 2013.
Poetry
“Lost Soul,” accepted for collaborative ekphrastic writing/visual art show Stanza: Fire at Push/Pull Gallery, Seattle, Spring 2019.
“Widow’s Walk,” Unchaste Readers Anthology Vol. 3, March 2019.
“Beauty is Low,” Unchaste Readers Anthology Vol. 1, December 2016.
“Convalescence,” It Starts With Hope Anthology, August 2016.
“Iris" and "Lilacs,” Poplorish, Spring 2016.
“Convalescence,” published on It Starts With Hope, the blog for The Center for Victims of Torture, August 2015.
“Shadowmath,” Imaginaire magazine, June 2013.
“Delight,” The Poetic Pinup Revue, February 2013.
“They Make Music,” Vapid Kitten, February 2011.
“Shift,” Line Zero, November 2010.
Nonfiction
“Act One,” Six Hens, June 19, 2017.
“Nine Kinds of Ice Cream,” Dead Housekeeping, April 21, 2016.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Awarded GAP Grant by Artist Trust, 2017
Nominated for Pushcart Prize XLII
Nominated for Best of the Net 2016
Shortlisted for Fish Publishing Poetry Prize 2013
Poem, “Shift,” selected for the exhibit “A Celebration of Washington State Artists” at WSCC, July-October 2012
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Selection Panelist, Artist Trust GAP Grant, 2018
Editor in Chief at Minor Arcana Press, June 2015-present
Panelist at Small Press & Indie Editors’ Panel, 2016 APRIL Festival
Facilitator, Community Writing Circle, August 2016
Taught one-day prep workshop for National Novel Writing Month, October 2015
Taught one-day workshop on ekphrastic writing in conjunction with EDGE exhibit at Washington State Convention Center, September 2012
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, concentration in Acting for Film, Seattle Film Institute, 2018
VONA Voices Writing Workshop in Popular Fiction with Marjorie Liu, 2014
Master Class in Poetry with Carolyn Forché at Hedgebrook Writers’ Retreat, 2013
EDGE Professional Development Program for Writers, 2012 Graduate, Seattle, WA
SELECTED READINGS
Stanza: Fire gallery show opening night, Push/Pull, Seattle April 2019
Featured Reader, AWP Conference Offsite Reading, March 2019
Featured Reader, Two Hour Transport, October 2018
Featured Reader, Noir at the Bar, October 2018
Featured Reader, Two-Hour Transport, May 2017
Featured Reader, Noir at the Bar, 2017
At The Inkwell Reading Series, May 2016
Unchaste Readers Series, 2016 AWP Conference – Los Angeles, CA
Irish Wake for Lost Seattle Places, Love City Love, March 2016
A Rainy Day in Seattle, Market Theater at Pike Place Market, March 2014
Poems, Prose, Plays and Pedicabs – An Arts Crush Featured Event, October 2013
Featured Performer at “A Celebration of Washington State Artists” Exhibition Reception, Washington State Convention Center, September 2012
EDGE Grand Finale, Elliott Bay Books, April 2012
PUBLICATIONS
Short Fiction
“Nilscape,” Graffiti, October 2019.
“On The Day You Were Born,” Bards and Sages Quarterly, July 2019.
“Sargasso,” Supernatural Tales #40, 2019.
“Shelter,” 2019 Two Hour Transport Anthology.
“Empty Nest” and “Ready to Roll,” Rigorous, July 2018.
“Tonight,” Falling Star Magazine, June 2014.
“Glory,” Beat the Dust, July 2013.
Poetry
“Lost Soul,” accepted for collaborative ekphrastic writing/visual art show Stanza: Fire at Push/Pull Gallery, Seattle, Spring 2019.
“Widow’s Walk,” Unchaste Readers Anthology Vol. 3, March 2019.
“Beauty is Low,” Unchaste Readers Anthology Vol. 1, December 2016.
“Convalescence,” It Starts With Hope Anthology, August 2016.
“Iris" and "Lilacs,” Poplorish, Spring 2016.
“Convalescence,” published on It Starts With Hope, the blog for The Center for Victims of Torture, August 2015.
“Shadowmath,” Imaginaire magazine, June 2013.
“Delight,” The Poetic Pinup Revue, February 2013.
“They Make Music,” Vapid Kitten, February 2011.
“Shift,” Line Zero, November 2010.
Nonfiction
“Act One,” Six Hens, June 19, 2017.
“Nine Kinds of Ice Cream,” Dead Housekeeping, April 21, 2016.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Awarded GAP Grant by Artist Trust, 2017
Nominated for Pushcart Prize XLII
Nominated for Best of the Net 2016
Shortlisted for Fish Publishing Poetry Prize 2013
Poem, “Shift,” selected for the exhibit “A Celebration of Washington State Artists” at WSCC, July-October 2012
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Selection Panelist, Artist Trust GAP Grant, 2018
Editor in Chief at Minor Arcana Press, June 2015-present
Panelist at Small Press & Indie Editors’ Panel, 2016 APRIL Festival
Facilitator, Community Writing Circle, August 2016
Taught one-day prep workshop for National Novel Writing Month, October 2015
Taught one-day workshop on ekphrastic writing in conjunction with EDGE exhibit at Washington State Convention Center, September 2012
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, concentration in Acting for Film, Seattle Film Institute, 2018
VONA Voices Writing Workshop in Popular Fiction with Marjorie Liu, 2014
Master Class in Poetry with Carolyn Forché at Hedgebrook Writers’ Retreat, 2013
EDGE Professional Development Program for Writers, 2012 Graduate, Seattle, WA
SELECTED READINGS
Stanza: Fire gallery show opening night, Push/Pull, Seattle April 2019
Featured Reader, AWP Conference Offsite Reading, March 2019
Featured Reader, Two Hour Transport, October 2018
Featured Reader, Noir at the Bar, October 2018
Featured Reader, Two-Hour Transport, May 2017
Featured Reader, Noir at the Bar, 2017
At The Inkwell Reading Series, May 2016
Unchaste Readers Series, 2016 AWP Conference – Los Angeles, CA
Irish Wake for Lost Seattle Places, Love City Love, March 2016
A Rainy Day in Seattle, Market Theater at Pike Place Market, March 2014
Poems, Prose, Plays and Pedicabs – An Arts Crush Featured Event, October 2013
Featured Performer at “A Celebration of Washington State Artists” Exhibition Reception, Washington State Convention Center, September 2012
EDGE Grand Finale, Elliott Bay Books, April 2012