UMF graduates with degrees in Creative Writing go on to do all kinds of things--some directly to MFA programs in creative writing, some to jobs in radio, advertising, library science, teaching and journalism. Here's a sample of what some of our recent graduates have done after they've left UMF. Feel free to contact them. The BFA alums list is followed by six web sites that will connect you to jobs for graduates from writing programs.

Alums who have attended graduate schools

Peter Biello, (year)/Email: peterbiello@yahoo.com MFA in fiction writing, University of North Carolina at Wilmington (current).

Greg Burton, 2001/ Email: ingefaer@aol.com. MFA in fiction writing, St. Mary's College of California, 2003.

Melissa Falcon, 1997 / Email: marlyspruce@yahoo.com. MFA in fiction writing, Southwest Texas State College, 2000.

Lisa Howard, 1990 / enjoywriting@hotmail.com. MA in Professional Writing

Julianne LaMay, 1997 / Email: julianne.lamay@bmc.org. MA in Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, 2003.

Linda Lawson, 1996 / Email: llawson123@hotmail.com.  MFA in fiction writing, Vermont College, 2001.

Jason MacLeod/ Email: jmmacleod@gmail.com.  MFA in Poetry, University of Montana.

Bernadette Rice (2006) /email: bernadette.james@maine.edu  MFA in Fiction, Chatham College

Mark Rice (2006)/ email:  mark.r.rice@gmail.com  MFA in Poetry (New York University

Rachel Ingrid Robbins, (2003) /email:  rachelingrid@yahoo.com  MFA in fiction writing, Stonecoast (USM)

Kate Russell, (2005)/ email:  katie.russell@gmail.com MFA in fiction writing, University of Indiana Bloomington

James Ryan, (2002)/ email:  crocodilepencil@gmail.com  MA of Theological Studies, Boston University

Denise Simard, 1994 /  Email: dmsimard@stmary's-ca.edu. MFA in fiction writing, St. Mary's College of California, 1997.

Tryfon Tolides, 2001 / 20 Paul Spring Road, Farmington, CT 06032. MFA in poetry, Syracuse University, 2004.

Brendon Vayo, 2001/ Email: hungry_writer@hotmail.com. MFA in fiction, University of Utah, 2004.

Cynthia Woodworth (2006)/ email: cynthia.woodworth@maine.edu  MFA in Fiction, Chatham College

Alums with supplementary credentials in teaching

Linda Lawson, 1996 / Email: llawson123@hotmail.com. MA in secondary English education, City College of New York, 2004.

Rachel Rand McDivit, 2002 /  Email: europa_olp@yahoo.com. Teacher certification for secondary education physical science, 2003.

Alums with teaching positions, past and present

Melissa Falcon, 1997 /  Email: marlyspruce@hotmail.com. Has held teaching positions at both the high school and college level, including teaching assistantships in graduate school.

Linda Lawson, 1996 (contact info above). Currently teaches high school English in the Bronx, NYC.

Rachel Ingrid Robbins (contact info above)  Currently teaching English at Winslow High School

Denise Simard, 1994 / Email: dmsimard@stmary's-ca.edu. Currently an adjunct professor of English at St. Mary's College of California.

Brendon Vayo, 2001/ Email: hungry_writer@hotmail.com. Held a high-school teaching position (without official certification), 2001-2002.

Alums with positions in editing and publishing, past and present

Jennifer Baum, (2005). Email:  jbaum@downeast.com.  Currently Editorial Assistant at DownEast magazine. 

Mike Boardman, 1995 / mike@mikeboardman.com. Founder and CEO of Boardman Mitchelle Partners, a California firm specializing in writing projects of all kinds.

Lisa Howard, 1995 / enjoywriting@hotmail.com. Currently a writer/editor for an educational supply company

Julianne LaMay, (1997) (contact info above).  Currently writes marketing copywriting for a law firm in the Boston area.

Linda Lawson, 1996 (contact info above). Has worked on editing and publishing tasks for a variety of firms in the Boston area.

Rachel Rand McDivit, 2002 (contact info above). Currently a proofreader at Northeast Publishing.

Rachel Sasseen, (2003).  Email:  Rachel.sasseen@yahoo.com.  Currently assistant copyeditor in the proofreading department of Penny Press.

Sarah Seveney, 2005/ Email:  sasafras70@hotmail.com.  Currently (2007) teaches English to nursery school students in Seoul, South Korea. 

Deb Showalter, 1998 / Email: dschow51@yahoo.com. Has worked as a textbook editor for J. Weston Welch, Publisher, and with Lyceum Communications as a researcher and editor.

Jan Watson-Hein, (1995)/ Email:  janwatson88@hotmail.com .  Formerly an Editor at Harcourt Brace, New York.

Holly Williams, 1995 / Email: cyberworksweb@yahoo.com. Currently Publications Coordinator at the University of Maine, Orono.

Alums with positions in journalism, past and present

Michele Cooper, 1992/ Email: mcooper@centralmaine.com. Currently a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.

Shanna McNair, 2002 /Email: smcnair@villagesoup.com. Currently a staff writer on arts and culture for the Village Soup Times, online and print.

Darcie Moore, 2003/ Email:  DarcieMoore@TimesRecord.com.  Works as a reporter at The Times Record, New Brunswick

Faith Sargent, 2003 / Email:hobbitfeet10@hotmail.com. Currently a reporter for the Newport Daily Express.

Lindsay Tice, 1998 /  Email: LINZI@65DIALUP.COM. Has served in the news business as assistant editor, news assistant and education reporter.

Alum with experience in librarianship

Holly Williams, 1995 /Email: cyberworksweb@yahoo.com. Has been employed as a catalogue librarian at the University of Southern    Mississippi and as assistant director of the Blue Hill Public Library.

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