Indiana Writers' Consortium

Janine Harrison offers the following services:

Workshops (all age levels)

Introduction to Creative Writing
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Fiction/Microfiction

Readings

Poetry and Creative Nonfiction

Lectures

Ethics in Creative Nonfiction
Manuscript Editing and/or Proofreading

Other Freelance Work (speeches, press releases, résumés, reviews, etc.)

Janine R. Harrison, M.A., M.F.A., a creative writing instructor and First Friday Wordsmith faculty-advisor at Purdue University Calumet, is both a nonfictionist and a poet. Harrison’s writing history includes a two-year editorial stint for Chicago Advertising & Media trade magazine; writing speeches and other PR materials as media liaison for the Coordination Council for North American Affairs, the unofficial Taiwanese consulate in Chicago; and rewriting and editing Don’t Let the Accent Fool You, biography of Oil Express founder Arthur Lukowski.

Harrison is the recipient of a Sigrid Stark first-place novel-in-progress award and a Post-Tribune contest winner in memoir and tall tales. She has published in the areas of creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction and academic essay, as well as served as a senior editor of Warpland literary journal and section editor of Charles B. Tinkham: Selected Poems. She has also appeared as a featured writer at the Guild Complex in Chicago.

Harrison's professional memberships include:

Founding member and vice-president of the Indiana Writers’ Consortium
Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Highland Writers’ Group

Availability: E-mail Harrison at southpawscribbler@hotmail.com for availability information, as it varies from semester to semester

Fees: Varied and negotiable