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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.

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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: Milwaukee Record

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Contributing writer: Shepherd Express

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Contributing writer: Urban Milwaukee

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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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Writing Assistant, School of the New York Times

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Creative Writing Instructor, Virginia Tech

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First Year Writing Instructor, Composition & Rhetoric, Virginia Tech

 

Writing Instructor, Business Writing, Virginia Tech

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Creative Writing Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech

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Writing Center Coach, 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

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