Megan Roth
Megan currently lives in Miami, Florida. She recently completed her Masters of Fine Arts Degree at the University of Miami and is currently working in freelance writing, tutoring, and creative publicity, and is actively seeking new projects.
Contact: meroth3@gmail.com
C.V.
Education
Birmingham Southern College
August 2002 – May 2006
B.A. Political Science
University of Miami
August 2008 – May 2010
M.F.A. Creative Writing
Work Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Miami Department of English, September 2008 – May 2010
Athletic Center Writing Tutor, University of Miami, September 2009-present
Freelance Writer, Demand Studios, September 2009 – present
UniversityWritingCenter Tutor, University of Miami, September 2008 – May 2009
Freelance Writer, Cliff Road Books, March 2008 – October, 2009
Editorial Assistant, Crane Hill Publishers, October 2007 - March 2008
Legal Clerk, Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, Birmingham, Alabama, September 2003-December 2006
Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student in Creative Writing, August 2009 – May 2010, University of Miami
Grant-funded offer of residency at The Vermont Studio Center, Jackson Vermont, December 2010 (declined)
Semi-finalist: SLS Unified Fiction Contest, partial fellowship offered to SLS Workshop, March 2010 (declined)
James Michener Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship in Creative Writing, University of Miami, 2008-2010
Nomination for Best of the Net anthology, poetry, 2008
Dean’s List, Birmingham Southern College, Fall 2005, Spring 2006
Semifinalist, The James Jones First Novel Fellowship, Wilkes University, 2008
Publications
Titles:
The Green Guide to Daily Living, Cliff Road Books, October 2008
Book Reviews:
The Dollhouse Within: Review of In the House by Lynn K. Kilpatrick. Rumpus.net, April 2010
Straight Outta Nebraska: Review of The Melting Season by Jamie Attenberg. Rumpus.net, March 2010
Normal People Don’t Live Like This: Review of Dylan Landis’ Debut Novel. Rumpus.net, December 2009
Iron Chef: Review of Tongue by Kyung Ran Jo. Rumpus.net, October 2009
At the Threshold of Alchemy: A Review of John Amen’s Debut Poetry Collection. Roses & Thorns, September, 2009
Contributing Writer:
The High I.Q. Bathroom Reader. Sweetwater Press, 2008
The Simply Divine Bathroom Reader. Sweetwater Press, 2008
The Reader’s Bathroom Reader. Sweetwater Press, 2008
The Great Thinkers Bathroom Reader. Sweetwater Press, 2008
The Illustrated Art of War. Cliff Road Books, 2008
The World History Bathroom Reader. Sweetwater Press, 2008
Short Fiction:
NanoFiction, 2008
Elimae, May 2008, December 2007
Johnny America, Summer 2007
Poetry Publications:
Thieves Jargon, Forthcoming August 2010
DecomP, July 2010
Elimae, January, 2010, October 2008
Defenestration, February, 2009, August 2007, July 2007
Shelf Life Online Magazine, October 2008
Opium Magazine, 2008
Finery, Summer 2008
The Rose & Thorn, 2008
Defenestration, January 2008
Word Riot, 2008
The Orange Room Review, February 2008
Poem, 2007
Plays:
Multipurpose Solution, Produced in Shake it Up (November, 2009) and Composition Notebook (February 2010)
Harry on the Line, Produced in Monologous Lingus, The New Lights Gallery, Ft.Lauderdale, March 2009
Around the Block, produced by The Krane, Miami, Florida, November 2008
Contact:
meroth3@gmail.com