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Alyson Dutemple
Personal Statement
Alyson Dutemple is a writer, editor, and instructor from New Jersey. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a B.A. in English from Rutgers University. She has been published in more than three dozen literary magazines and has received accolades and nominations for prizes including the Pushcart, the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, Best Small Fiction, and Best Microfiction. She has experience editing and teaching writing to students of all ages. Recently, she was chosen to be a fiction mentor in the highly competitive Adroit Review Summer Mentorship program.
Alyson's teaching philosophy is deeply rooted in the idea that reading makes us better writers. She believes in the importance of a reading practice, and she demonstrates how reading the work of others can help students to develop their own writing style and to recognize thier own tastes and strengths. Alyson stresses that writing is not a "one size fits all" endeavor and that students can achieve success in English Language Arts through a variety of different approaches. She is an enthusiastic and encouraging instructor. Her goal is for each student to leave a class or a tutoring session with improved writing and reading skills as well as improved confidence. She's a parent of two, and a voracious reader. Her favorite question is, "Have you read anything good lately?"
Education
Masters of Fine Arts, Fiction - The Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College
B.A. - Rutgers University
Major: English Dual Minor: Spanish and French
Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma Iota, Golden Key Honor Society
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Awards and Recognitions
Semi-finalist, Adroit Review's Anthony Veasna So Scholar Award, 2023
Runner-up – University of Georgia Press’s Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, 2022
Longlist – Wigeaf Top 50, 2021, 2022, 2023
Honorable Mention – Cincinnati Review’s Robert and Adele Schiff Awards, 2021
First place winner – Exposition Review’s Flash 405 contest, 2021
Finalist – Edith Wharton - Straw Dogs Writers Guild, Writer-in-Residence, 2021
Longlist – The Forge’s Flash Fiction competition, 2020 and 2022
Nominee – Best Microfictions, 2020
Nominee – Pushcart Prize, fiction, 2019 and 2022
Nominee – Best Small Fictions, 2019 and 2022
Longlist - Prism International’s Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms, 2018
Finalist – Page International Screenplay Awards, 2018
Testimonials
"Alyson's genuine curiosity, honesty, and extensive knowledge make her a wonderful editor."
"Some of the best feedback I've ever received on my writing. Alyson is efficient, thorough, and highly skilled."
"Alyson is extremely knowledgable about writing and has many examples from literature, about style, about craft. She makes suggestions about what you should read. All I can say is I have been concentrating on the things she suggests, and my writing is so much better."