JESSICA ANNE
EDUCATION
Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
M.F.A., Creative Writing, 2014
North Park University, Chicago, IL
B.A., English, Creative Writing Emphasis, 2011
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
Excerpt: Finite Jess, Notre Dame Review, 2019
Book: A Manual For Nothing; Noemi Press, Published April, 2017
Finalist for Mainline, February 2015
Semifinalist, 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize
Mike Mother, original play, written and performed at The Neo-Futurists, May 2016
SELECTED INTERVIEWS & WRITE UPS
The New Yorker, “Literary Style and The Lessons of Memoir,” Stephanie Burt, 2017
Chicago Tribune, “Neo-Futurist alumna Jessica Anne debuts new book,” Kathleen Rooney, 2017
Hayden’s Ferry Review, “Jessica Anne Interview,” Emily Alex, 2017
Chicago Tribune, “Mike Mother gives daughter control over her familiar horror story,” Kerry Reid, 2016
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nonfiction Editor, MAKE Magazine, July 2016—Present
Board Member, Runaways Theatre, June 2018—Present
Editor, Spider F*rt Press, May 2018—Present
Co-Artistic Director, Lit & Luz Festival, July 2017—Present
Ensemble Member, The Neo-Futurists Theatre Company, Sep 2006—Present
TEACHING
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, First Year Seminar, Myth & Memoir, 2019—Present
Roosevelt University, MFA Fiction Workshop, Spring 2020
Introduction to Creative Writing, Fall 2018
The Neo-Futurists, The Buddy System, writing workshop, 2017
Writing Solo, writing workshop, 2011
SELECTED READINGS/PERFORMANCES/PANELS
Resistant Narratives/Resisting Narratives, panel, & Now Festival, 2018
How To Be a Performance Artist, live essay read at Museo Tamayo in Mexico City (2017) and Co-Prosperity Sphere in Chicago, IL (2016)
Analog (co-writer and performer), The Neo-Futurists, March 2012
The Miss Neo Pageant (co-writer and performer), The Neo-Futurists, May 2012
The Open Door Reading Series, Poetry Foundation, October 2015
Mothering, fictional presentation on history of childhood, Meekling Press, November 2015
Paper Machete, (writer and performer), Green Mill, on-going
Write Club, (writer and performer), The Hide Out, on-going