Chelsey Clammer

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Denver, CO
Colorado US

Author's Bio

Chelsey Clammer is currently enrolled in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program. She has been published in The Rumpus, Essay Daily, The Water~Stone Review and Black Warrior Review (forthcoming) among many others. She is an award-winning essayist, and a freelance editor. Clammer is the Managing Editor and Nonfiction Editor for The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, as well as a columnist and workshop instructor for the journal. She is also the Essays Editor for The Nervous Breakdown. Her first collection of essays, BodyHome, looks at how we can find the concept of home in our bodies. Her second collection of essays, There Is Nothing Else to See Here, is forthcoming from The Lit Pub, Fall 2015. You can read more of her writing at: www.chelseyclammer.com.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Gravel
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The Nervous Breakdown
Prizes won: 

Second place, Black Warrior Review 2014 Nonfiction Contest

Second place, Water~Stone Review 2014 Nonfiction Contest

Owl of Minerva Award, 2014

Editor's Pick, Revolution House, Nonfiction 2012

First place, Cobalt Review Nonfiction contest, 2012

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, LGBTQ, Homelessness, Mental Health, Disability, Incarcerated individuals, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Laramie
Raised in: 
Austin, TX
Texas
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Last update: Mar 03, 2015