Publications/Curriculum Vitae
Chloe Firetto-Toomey, M.F.A.
Publications
Poetry Chapbooks
Little Cauliflower. Dancing Girl Press, January 2019 (U.S)
Beyond Gravity. Loebertas Press, 2001 (Bristol, UK)
Poetry–Individual Publications
“Does Anyone Know Where to Begin?” SWWIM.org
“There’s a Supermassive Black Hole at The Center of Every Galaxy” @ poets.org
“The Night Stretches its Limbs.” Print-Oriented Bastards
“Her First Day of Secondary School” The Grief Diaries.
“Cabbage Flower” and “An Art Model Contemplates Five Lines by Anne Carson” Cosmonauts Avenue.
“My father raised me” Every Writer’s Resource.
“Tranny Cat” an audio-poem posted by Reading Queer
“The Sad Truth” “Walnut Ontology” and “A Poem For My Mum Across The Atlantic” in Fish Food Creative Literary and Creative Arts Magazine.
In Print-Individual Poems
“A Ghazal for Dartmoor.” Crannog
“Stand” Crosswinds
Creative Prose-Individual Publications
“Biography of Orange.” (Excerpt) Forthcoming in Grist. A different excerpt first appeared as a semi-finalist in the Honeysuckle Chapbook Competition, with an interview.
“Biography of Orange,” (excerpt) Honeysuckle Press
“Blue: A Katabasis” in Tupelo Quarterly
“Notes Towards an Articulation of the Lyric Essay; Bearing Witness To An Ever Changing Landscape” in Tupelo Quarterly
In-Print Creative Prose-Individual Publication
“Touchstone.” Fjords, Volume 4, Issue 3.
Fiction-Individual Publications
Book Review
Just Johnson: A London Delivery by Timothy Schmand, in The Florida Book Review: Fiction.
AWARDS & HONORS
2020 POETRY
Winner of the Key West Literary Seminar’s 2020 Scotti Merrill Award. Judged by Billy Collins.
2019 POETRY
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “Images.” Judged by David Hernandez
2018 POETRY
Honorable Mention from The Academy of American Poets for “A Poem to Honor Colin Kaepernick.” Judged by Steve Kronen
Long-listed for Magma Poetry Competition for “A Poem for Vivienne Westwood.”
2017 POETRY
Winner of the Christopher F. Kelly Award for Poetry, Academy of American Poets, Graduate Competition for “There’s a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Every Galaxy.”
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “A Ghazal for Dartmoor,” and “Love and Excavation.” Judged by Michael Hettich
2016-POETRY
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “Cabbage Flower.” Judged by Oliver de la Paz
Honorable Mention from The Academy of American Poets (Graduate Competition) for “Cabbage Flower”
2015-POETRY
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “The Sad Truth,” “Lil’Bro,” and “War Poem.” Judged by Daisy Fried.
2012-POETRY
“Haikus”— Selected for live reading, NPR Radio, and O’ Miami, Poetry Month, April 2012
2019 CREATIVE NONFICTION
Second Prize in Florida International University’s Graduate Student Literary Awards for “What Light Can Do: A Triptych.” Judged by Brenda Miller.
Semi-Finalist in Honeysuckle Press Chapbook Competition for “Biography of Orange.” Judged by Zinzi Clemmons.
2018 CREATIVE PROSE
Finalist in Tupelo Quarterly Open Prose Competition for “Blue: A Katabasis.”
Winner of the Florida International University (FIU) Graduate Student Literary Awards for “Flamingos.” Judged by Peggy Shumaker
Finalist of Diagram Chapbook Competition for “Biography of Orange.”
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
2020
Preliminary judge for the Berkshire Poetry Prize, Tupelo Press
Littoral Event Coverage, Key West Literary Seminar. “Sports Poems: An Oxymoron?” Presented by Billy Collins
2019-2020 Workshops
Writing the First Draft: A Literary Social at The Miami Book Fair
What is Poetry? at The Palm Beach Poetry Festival
2019
Solicited poet, The Poem Depot; The Miami Book Fair
2017-2018
Solicited poet, The Poem Depot; The Miami Book Fair
2016
Volunteer for O, Miami’s Sunroom Poetry Fair, Poinciana Park Elementary School
2015
Contributing poet, O, Miami Porch on the Porch Reading Series with The Betsy Hotel
2014
Solicited poet, The Poem Depot; The Lotus House Fundraiser
2012
Contributing poet, The SWEAT Broadsheet Artist and Writers Collaboration; Miami Dade College
READINGS
2020
Emerging Writer Award. San Carlos Theatre, Key West, Fl.
2019
Chapbook Launch. Books and Books, Miami, Fl.
Sundress Press Reading Series. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Florida International University’s Alumni Reading. Books and Books, Miami, Fl.
2018
Florida Internal University Student Literary Awards. Biscayne Bay Campus Miami, Fl.
2013
Soapbox Poetry, O,Miami. The Betsy Hotel, Miami Beach, Fl.
MEMBERSHIPS
Academy of American Poets (since 2016)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (since 2016)
Golden Key Honors Society (since 2015)
EDUCATION
2014-2019 Florida International University Miami, FL
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Nonfiction
2003-2006 University of Roehampton,Surrey London, UK
Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing (Upper Division Degree/2.1)
PAST TEACHING EXPERIENCES & EMPLOYMENT
2020- Author Assistant at InnerLasting Lit Arts. Miami, Fl
Administrative tasks, social media ghostwriter, literary review and editorial services.
2019-2020 Exchange for Change. Miami, Fl .
Adjunct Professor at Everglades Correctional Institution.
Courses taught: “Telling True Stories,” ‘Flash Nonfiction: Form, Theory and Practice.”
2016-2019 Florida International University. Miami, FL.
Adjunct Professor
Courses taught: Introduction to Creative Writing; Forms and Practices (CRW 3010)
Creative Nonfiction (CRW 4211)
Teaching Assistant
Courses assisted: Narrative Techniques, Creative Nonfiction, and Introduction to Creative Writing; Forms and Practices.
Community Outreach Program Director
Created a certified STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Science) syllabus with focus on: Poetic and Narrative Techniques, and Playwriting, for Sabal Palm Elementary (3rd grade).
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