Chad Lange

San Francisco CA                                                                             chadlange84@hotmail.com

Education

·        M.F.A. Creative Writing.  Saint Mary’s College of California, 2002

·        B.A. English/Literature.  North Central College, Naperville, IL, 1994, 

     magna cum laude

Teaching Experience

·        Private Writing/Reading Tutor, September 2002---Present

·        Saint Mary’s College, January 2006; “The Place We Are Heading: Artistic Reinvention in Steinbeck’s Late Works”

·        Saint Mary’s College, January 2005; “The Place We Have Arrived: Steinbeck’s Works Post Grapes of Wrath”

·        Saint Mary’s College, January 2004; “Finding Your Own Place: Social Change in Steinbeck’s Works”

·        California Arts Council Individual Artist in Residency Grant, October 2002—August 2003, the Harvey Milk Institute, San Francisco; a weekly creative writing workshop devoted to developing the skills of young queer writers

·        LYRIC, Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center, March 2003; guest facilitator of a creative writing workshop for queer youth

·        WritersCorps, January-April 2002; teaching internship

·        Zineophilia, October, 1998, the Harvey Milk Institute, San Francisco;

      a three-hour seminar for gay youth on how to start your own publication

Professional Experience

Jossey-Bass Publishers   09/96-08/02

Editorial Assistant, Senior Customer Service Representative, Intern

Responsibilities included:

·        Writing and organizing book transmittals that move a manuscript from the

      editorial phase to the production phase

·        Preparing author contracts for some of Jossey-Bass’s top-selling authors

·        Researching and initiating contact with nonprofit professionals and educators to write

      peer reviews for developing manuscripts

·        Overseeing payment requests for the Nonprofit and Public Management Series

·        Reading through book proposals and making recommendations about which ones

      should be looked at further

Literary Arts Administration

Founder and editor of asspants, a literary and art journal, 1996-2000

Responsibilities included:

·        Mailing acceptance and rejection letters

·        Arranging for readings at major Bay Area book stores

·        Designing journal’s artistic content

·        Marketing and publicizing the journal in Bay Area publications

·        Organizing fund raising events

Academic Service

·        Coordinator, Graduate Student Reading Series at Saint Mary’s College

·        Contributing writer to Mary, Saint Mary’s online journal

Publications 

Essays

·        Saint Mary’s Newsletter, fall 2002

Interviews

·        Mary, #1, Spring 2002

·        The MacDowell Colony Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 1, summer 2002

Fiction

·        The Antigonish Review Winter 2006, “Aqua World”

·        ZYZZYVA Winter 2003, “Respect the Wildlife”

·        fourteen hills Vol 7, No 1, fall/winter 2000, “Eats”

·        modern words No 6, 1998, “Illinois:

·        modern words No 5, 1997, “Untitled”

                                                                                                          Awards

·        2002, Carlisle Family Scholarship---a full-tuition scholarship to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers Conference

·        2004, The MacDowell Colony, Writers Aid grant

                                                                                                    Fellowships

§         June-August, 2008, The Osage Arts Community---a three-month residency

§         March, 2008, The Hambidge Center---a one-month residency

§         January/February, 2008. The Ragdale Foundation---a one-month residency

§         October, 2007, The Millay Colony for the Arts---a one-month residency

§         April/May, 2006, Jentel Artist Residency Program---a one-month residency

§         March/April, 2005, The MacDowell Colony---a two-month residency

§         March/April, 2004, The MacDowell Colony---a two-month residency