Jacob Christian Uitti
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Seattle, Washington 98105
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Education
University of Washington graduate and undergraduate courses audited in Poetry, French and Comparative Literature 2009-2011 (Doug Collins, Linda Bierds, Henry Staten, Andrew Feld)
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (Ontario College), Canada
Graduate of Creative Writing Correspondence Program in Fiction, Aug. 2008
Rutgers University (Rutgers College), New Brunswick, NJ
B.A., with High Honors, May 2005, Cumulative GPA: 3.8 (4.0 Scale)
Major: Philosophy Minor: Political Science Creative Writing (6 Courses)
Major GPA: 3.80 Minor GPA: 3.70 GPA: 4.0
Honors & AwardsHigh Honors for cumulative G.P.A. at graduationHigh Departmental Honors in Philosophy at graduationJacob Cooper Memorial Scholarship for Philosophy, Rutgers University 2005Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity Literary Competition Winner for Place and Time 2005Charles Winfield Scholarship Academic Excellence Award, Rutgers University 2004Evelyn Hamilton Award in Fiction for Shiny Hub-Caps and Thinking Twice, Rutgers University2004University of Northern Colorado National Flash Fiction Award for Thinking Twice 2004
Work Experience
The Pub At Third Place, Seattle, WA May 2007 PresentBartender, Server
Freelance Writer Sep. 2008 PresentReporter, Interviewer, Creative
The Princeton Packet Newspaper, Princeton, NJ Summer 2005, Nov. 2005 Feb. 2007Staff Writer (News, Sports, Lifestyle)
Global Scholarly Publications, New York City, NY Jan. June 2005
The American School of Paris, Paris, France Summer 2003English teacher for 10 – 14 year-old students (of several foreign backgrounds)Athletic Counselor
Publications and Highlights
Trails, Thought I Had and The Bar Round Close poems in Breadline Press West Coast Poetry Anthology 2011Two Musicians and The Heart Of It poems in Front Range Review 2011Phoenix, AZ and Wires And Connections poems in Sister Brother Publications Anthology 2011Co-founder and Poetry editor of Seattle-based publication The Monarch Review 2010A Long Note Held a poem in South Mountain Poets Anthology 2010Take Off Your Blouse and Apologies, Poetry And Some Sorta Idiocy: The Writer in Pocket Smut 2010Thought I Had a poem finalist for Palooka Journal s People s Choice Awards 2010Dust & Hours a cd by The Glass Notes (Roam Records), co-writer 2010In Need Of Help a story in onepagestories.com 2010Eve a song on the Seattle Compilation cd Ball Of Wax 2010Something Left a song accepted by The Santa Clara Review 2010Poem and Death in The Santa Clara Review 2010Gin And Iceberg Lettuce and On Cutting Strings, Minnesota flash fiction in Glossolalia Fall 2009Shot a poem in Diverse Voices Quarterly 2009Bounce, Bounce a story in the Glossolalia Spring 2009Sarah, Angel and The Salesman,poems in Harvard University s Dudley Review 2009Featured Harmonica Player on Bonebox by Spekulation on Seattle Compilation cd Ball Of Wax 2009Red Wine a poem in Naugatuck River Review 2008The Butterfly a poem in the Glossolalia Fall 2008Interviews with Dr. Helene Starks and WA Gov. Booth Gardner (Dec. 2008), Prof. Mark Watson (Nov. 2008), former Deputy Administrator of the E.P.A. Mike McCabe (2008), Dr. Cornel West (Nov. 2008, Feb. 2007), author Lauren B. Davis (March 2007) and actress Bette Utey (May 2007) transcripts availableStanding By The Door a poem in Bent Pin Quarterly 2007Birge succeeds Wilson as Montgomery mayor on Wikipedia 2007Getting The Job Done for The Trentonian Newspaper 2007Talib Kweli, Cornel West, and Maxine Waters Discuss Merging Hip-Hop with Politics on emergingminds.org 2006Mind Reading, Thesis in Philosophy, advised by Stephen Stitch, Rutgers University 2005Hub-Caps Were Shiny a story in Riverwalk Journal 2005Respecting and Preserving Minorities by Liu Xianghui (Edited by Jacob Uitti, GSP Publications) 2005Her Lake Body a poem in The Susquehanna Review 2005Inscription, Old Stains & Brushes, and Indian Woman poems in Rutgers University s Objet D Art Spring 2005The Park a poem in Objet D Art Fall 2004Thinking Twice a story in The University of Northern Colorado s The Crucible 2004
Other Interests
Musician (Guitar, Bass, Piano, Harmonica original music available on iTunes; songs played on Seattle s KEXP, reviews available online); Traveling (I have dual American and French Citizenship); Coaching; Cooking; Fishing in Michigan s Upper Peninsula.
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