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Resume:
John Michael Cummings
- journalist, author, and editor for twenty years
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http://www.pw.org/directory/writers/john_michael_cummings
Summary
Experienced journalist, author, and editor. Skilled in all areas of writing and editing, from technical and medical reports to news stories, features, personality profiles, short stories, and novels, including fact-checking. Expert in developmental, structural, content, and line editing.
Experience
Written news and essays for The Newark Star-Ledger, New York Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, Fairfax County Times, Twin Cities Business Monthly, Utne Reader, Identity Theory, Charleston Gazette-Mail, and The Providence Journal.
Authored four novels and a short story collection. Publishers include Penguin Random House, University of Wisconsin/Cornerstone Press, West Virginia University, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press.
Published more than one hundred stories in top literary magazines: The Kenyon Review, The Iowa Review, The Chattahoochee Review, The Alaska Quarterly Review, and North American Review.
Taught grammar and composition at Seminole State College of Florida. Tutored essay writing for SMARTHINKING, Inc.
Awards
Winner of the 2009 Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers. Honorable Mention in The Best American Short Stories (2007). Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Additional Skills
Research, fact-checking, proofreading, technical writing, AP and CMOS, SEO, web content, Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign, HTML, and CMS platforms.
Education
George Mason University, BA in Fine Arts, 1990
University of Central Florida, MFA in Fiction Writing, 2011
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