Holly Lyn Walrath
P.O. Box 245
Seabrook, TX--
Education
Masters of Liberal Arts in Creative Writing -)
University of Denver
Bachelors of Arts, English -)
University of Texas, Austin
Work Experience
Editor – Self-Employed (2014-Current)
Genres edited include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short stories, and organizational media.
Experienced with content editing of book-length manuscripts, formatting book layouts, proofreading, and book research.
Familiar with rights and permissions acquisition for image use and media.
Comfortable with formatting reference citations and academic research. Extensive experience with Chicago and MLA style.
Familiar with proofreading, line edits, content editing, and developmental editing.
Other services include scrivener training, fact-checking, social media for new authors, and EBook formatting.
Member, Editorial Freelancers Association and SFPA – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
Marketing Coordinator – Writespace Houston (2014-Current)
Maintained social media accounts for Writespace, including Facebook and Twitter. Monitored SEO and analytics, including ad campaigns.
Created and managed a team of 30 interns and volunteers starting in 2015. Mobilized efforts to increase awareness, fundraising, and support from the Houston literary community.
Grant Writing, Editing and application experience. Helped to secure grants from P&W.org, Houston Arts Alliance, and Oppenheimer Foundation.
Compiled and edited yearly anthology as Managing Editor of Writespace.
Assisted with managing Writefest, Houston’s first writer’s conference.
Contract Editor – Writership -)
Contract editor for Writership, an editing services company based out of Austin, Texas and run by Leslie Watts. Writership also runs a podcast focused on self-editing for authors.
Familiar with proofreading, line edits, content editing, and developmental editing.
Research and Publications
Conferences and Events Attended
Stonecoast Writers Conference (Scholarship Winner - 2014)
Glen West Writers Conference (Scholarship Winner - 2015)
The Child and the Book International Conference (Presenter - 2015)
Lighthouse Literary Center – Litfest Juried Workshop (2016)
AWP (2016)
Comicpalooza (Panelist -)
Armadillocon (Panelist - 2017)
Art + Words Fort Worth (Featured Writer – 2017)
World Fantasy Con (Panelist – 2017)
Futurescapes Writers Workshop (2018)
IllogiCon (Panelist – 2018)
ReaderCon (Panelist – 2018)
Texas Book Festival (Table – 2018)
Art + Words Fort Worth (Featured Writer – 2018)
Books
Glimmerglass Girl (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
Publications – Fiction
The Last Man on Earth – Grievous Angel (2015)
The Mermaid Hunt - Pulp Literature (2015)
A Day with No Mirrors - The Vestal Review (2015)
When I Wore Pink Boots - Spider Road Press (2015)
Confessions of a Tree Nymph – 365 Tomorrows (2015)
In the Dark World – Literary Orphans (2016)
The Thirteenth Ride – Vine Leaves (2016)
We Are Never What We Intend - Freeze Frame Fiction (2016)
We Are Not the Young – Litro Magazine (2017)
The Joy of Baking – Luna Station Quarterly (2017), reprinted in Wizards and Space, issue #3.
knick knack, knick knack – Fireside Fiction (2018)
Stardust – Robots & Artificial Intelligence (Flame Tree Publications, 2018)
Tarot of the Animal Lords – Shards Anthology (Spring Song Press, 2018)
Publications – Poetry
A Red Sky – Vine Leaves Literary Journal (2015)
Sheaves of Wheat, Break of Day – Page & Spine (2016)
Behind the Glass and Other Poems – Sixfold (2016)
Revolution – Abyss & Apex (2016)
Powder Keg – Silver Blade Magazine (2016)
Night Raven – Zetetic: A Record of Unusual Inquiry (2016)
Woven – Zetetic: A Record of Unusual Inquiry (2016)
Bearing the Light – Penumbra (2016)
Peony Red – Literary Orphans (2016)
For Lonnie – Liminality (2016)
Elegy for a Body and Other Poems – Sixfold (2016)
Cetecean Prosthesis – Star*Line (2016)
Ship of Jinn – Kaleidotrope (2017)
Man, Erased – UnLost Journal (2017)
Lolita & City Visible– The Fem (2017)
Sea Fog – Apex Publications (2017)
Pine Song, Robin Song, Star Song – Liminality (2017)
Spring Will Come Again – Abyss & Apex (2017)
My City of Ruin – Mithila Review (2017)
Lunar Girl Drinks Poetry from the Stars – Mithila Review (2017)
Reflection – Mithila Review (2017)
The Hearts of Robots – Dreams & Nightmares Magazine (2017)
Grayslick – By&By Poetry (2017)
Of Whales in Paint and Other Erasures – Crab Fat Magazine (2017)
The Space Between Us – Space and Time Magazine (2017)
Bird House – Strange Horizons (2017)
Hazard Pay – Houston Chronicle (2017)
Dear Shotgun City – Eye to the Telescope (2017)
How I Lost My Chastity – Liminality (2017)
Dear John Cusack – Alyss Magazine (2017)
Confessions of a Supermassive Black Hole – Grievous Angel (2017)
Espejitos – Isacoustic (2018)
Anvil Crawler – ARTHouston (Ekphrastic, 2018), reprinted in the Ekphrastic Review
A Woman – Storyscape (Erasure, 2018)
She Was a Nice Little Nothing – Storyscape (Erasure, 2018)
Sea Fog – Undead: A Poetry Anthology of Ghouls, Ghosts, and More (Apex Publications, 2018)
Orbital Debris – Really System (2018)
Boll Heart – Nice Cage (2018)
And Farther Death Goes – Nice Cage (2018)
A Deep Enough Abyss – Nice Cage (2018)
Awards - Poetry
For Lonnie – Liminality – Nominated for a 2016 SFPA Rhysling Award
Revolution – Abyss & Apex – Nominated for a 2016 SFPA Rhysling Award
Lace at the Throat – 3rd place winner, 2017 SFPA Contest
Publications - Nonfiction
Apollo Chamber Player Explores Texas Roots – Arts + Culture Texas (2015)
Shakespeare in Print and Performance at the Harry Ransom Center – Arts + Culture Texas (2015)
A Community Rebuilt – Arts + Culture Texas (2015)
Defining Art – ARTHouston Magazine (2015)
Forty Years of Being Moody – ARTHouston Magazine (2016)
A Banner Year: DiverseWorks Moves to the Match – Arts + Culture Texas (2016)
Women at the Podium: The Dallas Opera Institute for Women Conductors – Arts + Culture Texas (2016)
Writing in Texas: Recent and Upcoming Books from Texas Authors – Arts + Culture Texas (2016)
Book From the Sky: Xu Bing’s Breakthrough Work Comes to Texas – Arts + Culture Texas (2016)
The Art of Writing Houston – ARTHouston Magazine (2017)
The Art of Receiving Criticism – The Artist Unleashed (2017)
Post-Hurricane Harvey, Houston Breweries Give Back – All About Beer (2017)
Review: Consolation Prize by Tyler Robert Sheldon – Entropy Magazine (2018)
Manifestos: Six Principles of Flash Fiction – Cotton Xenomorph (2018)
Review: Dear Judas by Melissa Jennings – Up the Staircase (2018)
Memberships
SFPA (2016-Current)
Editorial Freelancers Association (2017-Current)
Codex (2017-Current)
