Marijean Oldham
Born: United States
Citizenship: USA
Contact Details: Marijean at jaggerscommunications dot com or social links below:
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, English, Lindenwood University, 1995
Literary Magazine Experience:
- Managing editor, Delmar Magazine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1997
- Publicity and events, Delmar Magazine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1995-1997
- Editor, The Griffin, Lindenwood University, 1995
Selected Grants and Awards:
- Midwest Review, Best Short Fictions Nomination for Leftovers on the Dashboard, 2024
- Smokelong Review Workshop Prize Longlist for Leftovers on the Dashboard and The Last Hall Monitor, 2024
- Halfway Under the Stairs, Best of the Net Nomination for The Last Hall Monitor, 2024
- Fractured Lit Anthology Vol. 4 Longlist, 2024
- Chariot Press Flash Fiction Contest, Second Place, 2022
- Spahmer Award for Creative Fiction, Lindenwood University, 1995
Residencies:
- Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Virginia, October 2022
- The Porches, Norwood, Virginia, USA, June and December 2018, March 2020
Retreats:
- Kathy Fish Flash Retreat with A Reason to Write, Charles Town, West Virginia, October 2024
- Chestnut Review Writing Retreat, Merida, Mexico, January 2024
Workshops:
WriterHouse Workshops
- Writing Memoir, Brendan Wolfe, 2024
- From Fact to Fiction, Margaret Marangione, 2023
- Voice in Creative Nonfiction Writing, Brendan Wolfe, 2023
- Elements of Fiction, Sharon Harrigan, 2021
- The Personal Essay, Jay Varner, 2020
- Writing the Tough Stuff: Generating Essays, Jennifer Niesslein, 2019
- The Narrative Moment: When/Where to Start Your Story, Kristie Smeltzer, 2016
- Evening Nonfiction Workshop, Jay Kauffman, 2016
Other Workshops:
- SmokeLong Fitness, 2022-3, 2023-4, 2024-5
- SmokeLong Summer, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Cleaver Magazine, The Art of Flash, Kathryn Kulpa, 2021
- Summer Writer’s Workshop, Jay Varner, 2019
- Baptism By Fire, Jay Kauffman, 2017-2019
Exhibitions:
- Open Mic Night, monthly, New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, Virginia 2022-2024
- Open Mic Night, quarterly, Rapunzel’s Coffee and Books, Lovingston, Virginia 2023-24
- Keynote Speaker, Friends of the Library, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, 2024
- Open Mic Night, Staunton Waynesboro Augusta Group of the Blue Ridge Writers Club, Augusta, Virginia, 2023
- Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, 2022
- Rock, Paper, Scissors, 2022
- Merrie Mill Book Fair, 2023
- Stone Soup Books, 2022
- Central Virginia History Researchers, 2022
- Barnes and Noble, 2014, 2021 and 2022
- First Street Fair, 2022
- UVA Bookstore, 2022
- Westminster Canterbury, 2018 and 2022
- Virginia Festival of the Book, 2014
- Charlottesville Newcomers’ Club, 2014
- Women’s Group of Richmond, 2014
Countries Visited:
USA, Mexico, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, India, St. Lucia, Antigua, Belize, Wales, England