IU School of Liberal Arts

Amy M. Locklin

Campus Address: CA 313
Phone: (317) 274-3824
Email: alocklin@indiana.edu
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Appointments

Associate faculty, writing

Education

MA Dramatic Literature and Theory, State University of New York, Albany, 1993 MA 20th Century Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2002 MFA Poetry, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2003

Academic Interests

Creative, professional, and song writing, narrative theory, literary studies, ecology, unconscious influences on group and individual experience, and processes of learning. Editor of an anthology of literary quality science fiction and fantasy short stories entitled Altered States and jazz vocalist.

Awards

Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest. Third place for “Journal Fragments.” 9/07. Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. First book competition semifinalist for full-length poetry manuscript, Site Report. 9/07. Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest. Second place for “Gallus gallus and Their Vanishing,” 10/06. Associated Writing Programs’ Intro Journals Project. IU Creative Writing Program nomination in fiction for story: “Ghosts of Children and Men.” 11/01. Lois Davidson Ellis Literary Award. First place winner for short story: “If I Was Her Life.” 4/01. Academy of American Poets Prize. Honorable mention for poem: “Voodoo Meat.” 4/01. Associated Writing Programs’ Intro Journals Project. Honorable mention for creative nonfiction:“The Family Resemblance.” 4/00. Lois Davidson Ellis Literary Award. Honorable mention for short story: “Ghosts of Children and Men.” 4/00. Academy of American Poets Prize. Honorable mention for poem: “The Spiegelgrund Children’s Ward.” 4/98.

Publications

Creative Writing Publications: “Site Report” (poem) and “Voodoo” Meat (poem) in And Know This Place: Poetry of Indiana, an anthology to be published by the Indiana Historical Society (forthcoming) “If I Was Her Life” (short story). Dots on a Map: Stories from Small Town America. Short Fiction Anthology. Main Street Rag Publishing Company. May 2009 “Journal Fragments” (prose poem). Quarter After Eight, Spring 2008, Vol. 14 “Gallus gallus and Their Vanishing” (prose poem). Quarter After Eight, Spring 2007, Vol. 13. “Archival Fragments” (nonfiction), Quarter After Eight, Spring 2006, Vol. 12. “Site Report” (poem). Maize, November 2005, No. 4. “Ghosts of Children and Men” (short story). Maize, March 2004, No. 3. Article Publications: “Women on the Rise: Literacy Partnerships.” Co-authored with Wendy Hesford and Jennifer Barker. In Service-Learning: Intercommunity and Interdisciplinary Explorations. University of Indianapolis Press. 10/05. “Facing the Challenge of Achieving Minority Equity in Faculty Representation.” Online publication, IUB, Office of Strategic Hiring and Support. (http://www.indiana.edu/~shs/). 10/99. “Fatality and Self-Indulgence in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” Included in John Waldron Art Center Study Guide. Bloomington, IN. 2/96

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