GABRIELLA GRACEFFO

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Literature MA (forthcoming)

Poetry MFA

University of Montana

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Art with Photography Specialization BFA

English with Creative Writing Specialization BA

Minors in Italian, Art History, and Women's and Gender Studies

3.99 GPA, Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Liberal Arts, Distinction in English

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University of Montana Press, Missoula, MT

• Publishing Fellow revitalizing the press through marketing and local collaborations

• Maintains social media presence, distribution channels, website upkeep, and literary partnerships

Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA

• Publishing intern, specializing in production, marketing, and copywriting projects

• Worked across departments on detail-oriented, research-based tasks

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CutBank, Missoula, MT

• Poetry Editor (2021-), Arts Editor (2020-21)

• Reviews art and poetry submissions for biannual publication; typesetter

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University of Montana, Missoula, MT

• Teaching Assistant, College Writing 1 (WRIT 101, 2021-22) and Introduction to Literature (LIT 110, 2022-23)

• Instructs writing through lectures, feedback, and individual conferences

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The Missoula Writing Collaborative, Missoula, MT

• Summer Teaching Assistant, Graphic Designer of summer chapbooks

• Organizes and runs summer poetry camp for elementary schoolers

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Bright Horizons, Missoula, MT

• Essay Specialist, College Coach

• College admissions essay editor and advisor

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Poetry Northwest, Missoula, MT

• Associate Editor

• Poetry submissions reviewer, graphic designer, typographer

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The Boiler Journal, Dallas, TX

• Interviewer for the Under Pressure series featuring recently published authors

• Poetry submissions reviewer

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Photographique, Dallas, TX

• Film photography lab and darkroom assistant

• Receptionist

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Meadows School of the Arts Admissions Office, Dallas, TX

• Undergraduate admissions officer, Division of Art

• Copy editor, graphic designer, tour guide, and liaison with prospective students

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The Southwest Review, Dallas, TX

• Assistant to the Editor

• Poetry submission reviewer for each quarterly publication

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Mc Brain's Studio, Siena, Italy

• Graphic design assistant and translator for American and Canadian businesses

• Product photographer, Italian-English translator, and marketing creative writer

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NASA, Grapevine, TX

• Intern for NASA's Near-Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• Discovered six asteroids using the Pan-STARRS telescope

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Best of the Net Nomination, "Antlering," The Chestnut Review

Best of the Net Nomination, "Second Syntax," Birdcoat Quarterly

Goedicke/Robinson Scholarship in Poetry

Greta Wrolstad Travel Award

Madeline DeFrees Prize from the Academy of American Poets, Second Place

Best of Gradcon, Oral Presentations, University of Montana

Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets

Greta Wrolstad Travel Award

David R. Russell Memorial Poetry Award

Dedman College Outstanding Senior

Ella Caruthers Porter Scholarship

Phi Beta Kappa Member

Fulbright Semi-Finalist: Iceland

Marshall Scholarship Finalist

Ann Early Award

Belle Bayer Bromberg Senior Scholarship in English

George Bond Poetry Prize

Margaret Terry Crooks Award for Outstanding Student in Creative Writing

Alpha Chi Member

Robert Steward Hyer Society Member

Philip H. Solomon Award in World Languages and Literatures

Meadows Scholar

President's Scholar

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Prague Summer Program Writing Residency

Ridge Scholarship

Meadows Museum Poet Laureate

Richter Fellowship

Zelle Grant

Engaged Learning Fellowship

Doolin Art Grant

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AWP MAYDAY/New American Press Reading, Seattle, WA

Under the Skin, Gradcon, UM

Somatic Syntax/After Miscarriage, Zootown Arts Community Center, Missoula, MT

C19: The Postcard Project, Scholars Den, SMU

BFA Qualifying Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, Dallas, TX

Familiar Topics, Doolin Gallery, SMU

Open Studios, SMU

L.O.S.T., Fort Burgwin, Taos, NM

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Firecracker Award Reviewer

Women's and Gender Studies Undergraduate Chair, SMU

Private art tutor, Dallas, TX

Provost Office Graphic Designer, SMU

Art in the Dark Typewriter Poet, Meadows Museum

Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies Graphic Designer, Dallas, TX

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"Self-Portrait with MRI Machine," Blue Earth Review

"Displaying the Wounds," Lammergeier Magazine

"He Tells Me He Wants," Lammergeier Magazine

"Zuihitsu for Drying Flowers," Cordite, 106

"Laparoscopy, or a Half-Birth," Rattle

"Nutmeat, or Thoughts During Cervical Biopsy," Autofocus

"Second Syntax," Birdcoat Quarterly, /10

"Antlering," Chestnut Review

"Possum Kingdom Reservoir," Yalobusha Review, YR: 34

"Redux II," Yalobusha Review, YR: 34

"Cycle" Juked Magazine

"Relics," MacGuffin Review, 37.3

"Slaughterhouse 901," Our Shared Memory: University of Chicago

"The Fence Cutter," At the Meadows

Kairos, Vol, 9, Dallas: Ricoh, Editor-in-Chief

Kairos, Vol, 8, Dallas: Ricoh, Editor-in-Chief

Monuments and Memory, Dallas: Millet the Printer, Graphic Designer

Her Kind, Dallas: Blurb, Author & Photographer

Kairos, Vol, 7, Dallas: Ricoh, Editor-in-Chief

"The Bishop," Allegheny Review

"Between the Gunwales," Allegheny Review

"Acultomantic Aging," Allegheny Review

Kairos, Vol. 6, Dallas: Ricoh, Editor-in-Chief

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