Colleen Markley

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Author's Bio

Colleen Markley has been published in multiple anthologies and magazines, including Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter, The Order of Us, Goldfinch, Grown & Flown, Ignatian Literary Magazine, and The Writing Cooperative. Awarded the Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing, she is a monthly contributor riffing on the zodiac for Dharma Direction. Colleen has attended numerous writing workshops, including the Kauai Writers Conference and Jane Friedman’s Virtual Workshops, and was the June 2021 winner of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Humor Writer of the Month. She earned a degree in film and television from Boston University with a focus on screenwriting. Colleen spent twenty years working in the nonprofit sector, starting with Channel Thirteen/WNET (New York Public Television), and is now a consultant. You can learn more about Colleen and her writing at www.colleenmarkley.com.

Writers Retreats: 

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Goldfinch Volume 24 (Women Who Write, Inc., 2022)
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The Order of Us (Moms Who Write LLC, 2022)
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Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter (Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, 2021)
Journals:
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Grown & Flown
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Writing Cooperative
Prizes won: 

Nickie's Prize for Humor, 2020

Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop Humorist of the Month, June 2021

ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition, Semi-Finalist, 2020 (novel: LILITH LAND)

Pacific Northwest Writers Association Contest Finalist, 2021 (novel: LILITH LAND)

 

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Jun 20, 2023