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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.

 

For more than a decade, her work has explored the confluence of art, writing, and the community. Her portfolio spans arts journalism, essays, criticism, reviews, and short stories. While she was trained as a fine artist, her skills are transferable to project development, grant applications and proposals, museum outreach, community engagement, and in generating materials for the greater artistic conversation.

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A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her specialty is in covering the unique talents and spaces of 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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Fiction Editor: the minnesota review, 2020

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Managing Editor: The New River, 2020

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Arts Journalist: The Pitch, 2015-2018

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Board Member: Whispering Prairie Press, 2013-2015

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Senior Prose Editor, Kansas City Voices, 2013-2015

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Awards & Recognition

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• Virginia Tech Fiction Prize for “The Academy”, selected by Alyson Hagy, 2019

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• Virginia Tech Creative Nonfiction Prize for “On Doubt”, selected by Brian Blanchfield, 2019.

 

• Nominated for AWP Intro Journals Project for essay “On Doubt”, 2019.

 

• “Victoria Park Found Dead at 45” shortlisted for the Unicorn Training Student Prize for New Media Writing, 2018.

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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,  2016.

 

• “The Frayed Edge,” quarterly fiction contest honorable mention, On The Premises, 2016.

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• Recipient of a Lighton International Artists Exchange Program (LIAEP) Grant, April, 2016.

 

• Guest juror for the visual art Student Citation Show at University of Central Missouri, 2016.

 

• Recipient of an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, 2016.

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Residencies & Workshops

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• Southampton Review Writing Workshop with Amy Hempel, 2018

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Kenyon Review Writing Workshop with AJ Verdelle, 2018.

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• Writer in residence at Art Farm, Marquette, Nebraska, 2017.

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• Writer in residence at Green Olive Arts, Tétouan, Morocco, 2016.

In the classroom

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Creative Writing Instructor, Virginia Tech, 2021

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First Year Writing Instructor, Composition & Rhetoric, Virginia Tech, 2020-2021

 

Writing Assistant, School of the New York Times, 2019-2020

 

Creative Writing Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, 2019

 

Writing Center Coach, Virginia Tech, 2019

 

Writing Instructor, Business Writing, Virginia Tech, 2018

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•Academic Support Specialist, Kansas City Art Institute, 2017-2018

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•Pre-College Art Lab (PCAL) Creative Writing Instructor, Kansas City Art Institute

In the community​


• Virginia Tech MFA reading showcase, 2019.

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• Kenyon Review reading showcase, 2017.

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• Critical Writing in KC panel participant at Weinberger Fine Arts, 2017.

 

• Kansas City Art Institute Panel Discussion panelist at the KCAI Crossroads Gallery, part of the “Life After KCAI” series, 2017.

 

• Writing Lab consultant at UMKC’s Artist INC Advance program, 2017.

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• Presenter at Shelf Life, Unwanted Gifts, 2016.

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• “Oh, How We’ve Failed,” KCTV 5 interview, 2016.

 

• 90.1 KKFI ArtSpeak Radio interview, A Month in Morocco: Women & Fiction, 2016.

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Guest juror for the visual art Student Citation Show, University of Central Missouri, 2016.

 

• Presenter at A Common Sense Reading Series curated by Jordan Stempleman, 2015.

 

• 90.1 KKFI ArtSpeak Radio interview with Kansas City Voices, “Art of Kansas City Voices” exhibition, 2015.

 

• Co-curator of  “Art of Kansas City Voices” at the Leedy-Volkus Art Center, 2015.

 

• Presenter at A Common Sense Reading Series curated by Jordan Stempleman, 2012.

Unique Skills

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• Grant applications for the arts

• Residency proposals

• Arts development strategy

• Community outreach strategy

• Museum collaboration

• Student engagement

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