Nancy L. Canyon, MFA

Education

M.F.A in Creative Writing 2007 – PLU
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies 1993 – Marylhurst University

Additional Training

ENW Strategies for Excellence Series, 2007 – Bellingham, WA
Certificate in Fiction Writing, 2000 – UW Extension, Seattle, WA

Poetry & Fiction Publications and Awards

• Winner, Sue C. Boynton Poetry Award, 2007. “Dreaming Beneath a Big Sky"
  
• Exhibition, 2008. "Drawn by Hairs"
  
• Pending: Fourth Genre, 2009. "Gum"
• Pending: Main Street Rag, 2008. “Celia’s Heaven” (excerpt)
• Obliquity, 2006. “Ghost Rocks” (excerpt Stealing time)

Poetry Publications: Journals & Public Venues

• Exhibition, 2007. “Die Cut”
• Poets on the Lake, 2007. “The Art of Foretelling”
• Earth’s Daughters #68, 2006. “Tidal Generations”
• Her Mark Datebook, 2005 & 2006. “Home at Sea,” “Dust Prophecies”
• Spillway Review, 2004. “Dream”
• Wicked Alice, 2004. “Carrying On”
• Treewalk Anthology, 2004. “Winter Guard”
• Poets Against the War, 2004. “Nerve Root”
• Poesy Magazine, 2004. “Winter Guard”
• The Blue Planet Gazette, 2004. “Conversation”
• BIAC Poetry Corners, 2004, 2006. “Summer With You,”
• Spindrift, 2004, 2003. “Grandma’s Garden,” “Alice’s Mirror"
• Poulsbohemian Poetry Chapbook, 2001. “Cup of Joe"
• Bylines 2005 Calendar Essay on Practice Writing
• Sacred Waters, 2004. “Follow the River”
• Higher Source, 1998, 1999.
• Rainy Side Gardening Web Site, 2007. “Winter Gardening in Pacific NW”

Education

• Whatcom Community College Extension, 2008 (Practice Writing)
• Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. “Swimming Backward: A Look at Technique in the Novels of Virginia Woolf”
• Plotting the Novel, 2006 (Village Books University, all levels)
• Practice Writing Natalie Goldberg Style, Fairhaven(All levels, ongoing since 2000)
• Artist Way, Kingston, WA
• Authentic Movement Instructor, Kingston, WAPainting Instructor, Kingston, WA
• Writing the Personal Essay using a Template, Kingston & Fairhaven, WA
• Illustration Instructor, N.W. College of Art, Poulsbo, WA, 1991-92.