Emily has an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University, where she was awarded a Teaching Fellowship. Through her job as a lecturer-in-writing at Columbia, she is pursuing an MA in Oral History through OHMA.
Selected Writing:
“The Shaking of the Earth” forthcoming in Boulevard
“Textual Analysis” in Indiana Review (2023)
“Certain Objects” in Hobart’s HAD (2021)
“The Bread Thread” in Longreads (2019)
“Cork” in Vol. 1 Brooklyn (2019)
Interview with Michele Filgate in Columbia Journal (2019)
“The 6.52” in Vol. 1 Brooklyn (2017) and translated in Argonáutica (2019)
“Lemon” in The Way to My Heart: An Anthology of Food Related Romance (2017)
“Shaking of the Earth” in The Kathmandu Post (2016)
Writing Awards:
Disquiet Literary Prize in Fiction, shortlist (2023)
Sewanee Review Fiction Contest, finalist (2022)
Sewanee Review Nonfiction Contest, finalist (2021)
Iowa Nonfiction Prize, finalist (2021)
Disquiet Literary Prize in Nonfiction, finalist (2021)
Fellowships & Grants:
Columbia University grant for lecturers-in-writing (2023, 2024)
Visiting Scholar in Creative Writing, Leysin American School (2022)
The Vermont Studio Center - Fellowship for Residency (2022, awarded 2020)
Columbia University Teaching Fellowship (2018-2020)
Columbia University Dean’s Travel Grant (2018)
Winchester Fellowship, Wesleyan University (2017-2019)
Thomas J. Watson Foundation - Thomas J. Watson Fellowship (2014-2015)
Workshops & Residencies:
Pig Iron Theater Company Summer Intensive (2024)
Tin House Summer Workshop, Fiction (2023)
Arts Letters & Numbers Residency (2023)
The Vermont Studio Center - Fellowship for Residency (2022, awarded 2020)
CRIT Workshop, Brooklyn (2022)
The Ora Lerman Artist Residency - Fellowship for Residency (2021)
The Adirondack Center for Writing - Fellowship for Residency (2020)
Cyborg Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Barcelona (2018)
Nepal Children’s Art Museum, Artist-in-Residence (2015)