Curriculum Vitae

Bio:

Wendy Thornton is a freelance writer and editor who has been published in Riverteeth, Epiphany, MacGuffin and many other literary journals and books. Her memoir, Dear Oprah Or How I Beat Cancer and Learned to Love Daytime TV, Memoir, was published in July 2013 and is available on Amazon and Kindle. Her mystery, Bear-Trapped: In a Trashy Hollywood Novel, was published in February 2015 and is available on Amazon and Kindle. She has won many awards for her work including most recently, second prize in New York’s Literal Latte essay contest. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has been Editor’s Pick on Salon.com multiple times. She was the organizer and first president of the Writers Alliance (www.writersalliance.org). Her work is published in England, Scotland, Australia and India.

Recent Publications

Those Lovely Family Moments, Adelaide Literary Magazine, March-April 2019 edition, in print and online, http://adelaidemagazine.org/f_wendythornton.html
Measuring Light, The Lake Literary Review, Jan. 2019, United Kingdom, http://www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/poetry/wendy-thornton/
Cognitive Flame Out, I Won’t Miss You, Sound of my Soul, and Grandfather the Mason, Raven’s Perch, July 2018, http://www.theravensperch.com/category/poetry/
Ramblin’ Man, BioStories, Published in Dec. 2017, Featured story, Dec. 15-22, 2017 http://biostories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Rambling-Man.pdf
Never Underestimate the Ring of Fire, and Fire Tower, All for One, Issue #18, The Wild Word – http://thewildword.com/, 2017.
The Physics of an Empty Room, The Lake, United Kingdom (http://www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/poetry/ Accepted for Publication, July 2016,
In Summer, Men Die, and Sand Hill Cranes, White Ash Literary Magazine, Accepted for Publication, March 2016.
Exit Covenant, Fiction Fix special issue, Poetry Fix, March 2016, https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/fullscreen/54904907/poetry-fix .
Beach Scenes, Sheepshead Review, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Spring 2015.
Bear Trapped: In a Trashy Hollywood Novel, Mystery, Feb. 2015, Amazon.
Out in the Country, Wrap Around South magazine, Jan. 2015, http://wraparoundsouth.org/winter-2015/essays/out-in-the-country-by-wendy-thorton/
Don’t Call Her California, accepted for publication, Dec. 2014, Crucible, Barton College, Wilson, N. C., http://www.barton.edu/crucible/.
Exit Covenant, accepted for publication, Fiction Fix special issue, Poetry Fix, Summer 2015.
Crickets, Blue Heron Review, Feb. 2015, http://blueheronreview.com/blue-heron-review-issue-3-winter2015/
Inside Voices, Blue Lake Review, January 2015, http://bluelakereview.weebly.com/inside-voices.html
Hanging at the Library, published Belle Reve Journal, August 2014.
The Affairs of Dragons, Hippocampus Magazine, published June 2014. http://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2014/06/affairs-of-dragons-by-wendy-thornton/ Also, Honorable Mention, New Millennium Writings, Jul 2014.
Beautiful Women, Wretched Lies, White Ash Literary Magazine, April 2014, http://www.amazon.com/Moon-White-Literary-Magazine-Volume/dp/1496167910/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1403282287&sr=8-14&keywords=Wendy+Thornton
Cognitive Flame-Out, Honorable Mention, Avalon Literary Magazine Poetry Contest, March 2014.
Me and the Boys and that Fun Trip to New Orleans, Dirty Chai, Issue 2, Adventureland, March 2014, http://issuu.com/dirtychaimag/docs/dirtychaiadventurelandpdf
Secrets like a Flock of Geese, Wind on the Horizon, Managing your ADHD, Connotation Press, Issue V, Volume V: January 2014 (http://www.connotationpress.com/fiction/2177-wendy-thornton-fiction).
Don’t Call Her California, Kind of a Hurricane Press, Semi-Finalist, Editor’s Choice Award (http://editorschoiceaward.blogspot.com/).
Viking Dreams, The Abstract Quill, http://theabstractquill.com, July 2013.
Dear Oprah: Or How I Beat Cancer and Learned to Love Daytime TV, Memoir, 270 pages, Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Oprah-Learned-Daytime-ebook/dp/B00DNPQMBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372683540&sr=8-1&keywords=Dear+Oprah%2C+Wendy+Thornton, July 2013.
Why Are You Here, Spring 2013, The Redline: Writing for Citizens of the Global City (http://overtheredline.com/category/excess-page/)
The Queen Victoria Syndrome,” Diverse Voices Quarterly ((http://www.diversevoicesquarterly.com/the-queen-victoria-syndrome/Spring 2013.
Change Your Mind, Published, “New Plains Review: A Journal of Social Commentary,” Fall 2012.
Lying Still, Halfway Down the Stairs, http://www.halfwaydownthestairs.net/index.php?action=view&id=365index.php?action=view&id=365 , June 2012.
I’m Not Writing About Robin, 2^nd Place, Essay Contest, Literal Latte, 2012.
If I Knew How, This is the Sound, Appassionato, in: Love and Other Passions, Poets of Central Florida, A Contemporary Anthology, Volume 11, Feb. 2013.
Donegin Takes on the God of the Sea, published, Epiphany Magazine, Dec. 2011.
Children Singing, New Verse News, 9-11 special issue.
New Galaxy, published Summer 2011, Poetry Quarterly, online (http://poetryquarterly.com/) and print journal.
Cedar Key Eulogy, Falling Star Magazine, (http://fallingstarmagazine.com/home) print edition, Summer 2011.
Sea Oats, April 2011, Oklahoma Review, Cameron University, for Fall 2011 online edition.
Lambent Astronomy, Foliate Oak Literary Journal, Dec. 2010, http://www.foliateoak.uamont.edu/archives/december-2010/poetry/lambent-astronomy-by-wendy-thornton
How to Save a Life, Midwest Literary Magazine, Published online http://midwestliterarymagazine.com/archives/ (p.14) and in Print Issue, “Bearing North,” November, 2010 (ISBN/EAN13: 1456365002 / 9781456365004).
First Law of Thermodyamics, (Volume No. XI – http://www.survivorsreview.org/features.php?vol=11&art=161)
Bereft But with Options, The Battered Suitcase, December, 2010, http://www.vagabondagepress.com/01201/V3I3FF2.html and print journal.
Kerouac’s Dog, In: the British Journal, Kerouac’s Dog (name of magazine and poem), Bristol, U.K., Feb. 2011 issue.
Reunite Pangea, The Earth Comes First, Nov. 2010, http://www.theearthcomesfirst.com/W.%20J.%20Thornton%20-%20Reunite%20Pangea.htm .
Whispering Queen, Nautilus Engine, Vol. 4, #2, http://sites.google.com/site/rnwrrn/volume-4-number-2.
Here Comes the Sun, Shaking Like a Mountain, Dec. 2010 Issue.
Smoke Signals, Fineline Magazine, Dec. 2010, http://thefineline00.wordpress.com/issues/
Mount St. Helen’s Green, Published Sept. 2010, Writing Raw, http://www.writingraw.com/fiction.html
Building a Fire, The Dog is Disappointed in Me, Published in an anthology “Dogs Singing,” by the Irish publisher, Salmon Poetry, (http://salmonpoetry.com/index.php).
Margaret and the Two-Inch Tomato, Published online, The Bright Light Café, http://www.brightlightmultimedia.com/BLCafe/ShrtStories-MargaretAndTheTwoInchTomato.htm August 2010. Also requested for publication in English Language Translation textbook for school students in India, from madhubunbooks (http://madhubunbooks.com.
Shipbreakers, Hiram Poetry Review, Hiram College, Ohio, Spring 2010.
Saving Your Life: Victoria Bryant – Main Street Rag, Jan. 2010.
Delegation from the Local Movie Scene, In the Muir Woods, Spiritual Pirate, Summer 2009, Underground Voices, Los Angeles, CA (http://www.undergroundvoices.com/UVThorntonWendy.htm)
Bones, Saw Palm, Florida Literature and Art, University of South Florida, published – first print issue and online, Summer 2009.
Derek and the Poets, Oregon Literary Review, ISSN 1556-0325, Spring 09 Issue (http://orelitrev.startlogic.com/v4n1/OLR-thornton.htm)
Manifest Destiny – Shadowtrain, Sept. 2008
Finding Lizzie – MacGuffin Magazine. Spring/Summer Issue, July 2008.
Talking Southern to My Dogs, Southlit.com, June 15, 2006
Training Ken, Riverteeth (University of Nebraska Press), Volume 6, Number 1, Fall, 2004
Traveling Light, Confluence, (Ohio Arts Council), Volume 15, 2004
Old Boyfriends, South Dakota Review, Volume 42, No. 1, Spring 2004
The Widow in Her Weeds, Literary Review, (Farleigh Dickinson University, NJ), Fall/Winter 2003 Edition)

Recently Published Articles

Should You Self-Publish – WAG Blog Site – Publishing in Sept. 2016
How to Find an Agent – and What to send Them, WAG Digest, March-April 2016 – http://writersalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-Mar-Apr.pdf
Shut Up and Dance With Me What to Do When You Can’t Write, WAG Digest, July Aug. 2015. http://writersalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2015-Jul-Aug-WAG-Digest.pdf
The Need For Culturally Responsive Teaching, nobullying.com, (Oct. 2014); http://nobullying.com/culturally-responsive-teaching/
What I Learned From Doing My Own Kitchen Remodel,com, (Aug. 2014); http://www.knowerly.com/stories/53f18a91466f7206d5c30000-What-I-Learned-From-Doing-My-Own-Kitchen-Remodel
Football Orphan to Football Widow: How to Adapt to Sports Fanatics, Hub Pages, (Sept. 2014); http://floridawendy.hubpages.com/hub/Football-Orphan-to-Football-Widow-How-to-Adapt-to-Sports-Fanatics
Caveman Throwback – Appreciating Your Man’s Wild Behavior, Hub Pages, (Aug. 2014); http://floridawendy.hubpages.com/hub/Caveman-Throwback-Appreciating-Your-Mans-Wild-Behavior
Higher Ground: Respecting Animals, Hub Pages, (Sept. 2014); http://floridawendy.hubpages.com/hub/High-Ground-Respecting-Animals

Finding the Right Dog: So You Think You Want a Labrador Retriever? 5, 2014, http://voices.yahoo.com/finding-right-dog-12475421.html?cat=9
Teaching Your Children the True Meaning of Christmas, 16, 2013 http://voices.yahoo.com/teaching-children-true-meaning-christmas-12456651.html?cat=25
Living in a College Town When You’re not a Student – December 6, 2013, http://voices.yahoo.com/living-college-town-re-not-student-12433467.html?cat=8
Finding the Right Dog: So You Think You Want a Husky? November 23, 2013, http://voices.yahoo.com/finding-right-dog-12419123.html?cat=53
Shopaholic: Get Your Spending Under Control, March 27, 2013, http://voices.yahoo.com/shopaholic-spending-under-control-12065704.html?cat=46
Things Men Do that Women Won’t, March 12, 2013, http://voices.yahoo.com/things-men-women-wont-12040454.html?cat=7
Help Your Children Protect Their Environment: 14, 2013, http://voices.yahoo.com/help-children-protect-their-environment-12018671.html?cat=25.

Recent Honors and Activities

Invited Reader, ArtSpeaks Poetry Presentation, Thomas Center, Gainesville Fl. Aug. 2016
Writers Alliance Speaker Series, “Outlining or ‘Pantser,’” May 2016
Writers in the Woods – Publishing in the Modern Age, Invited Presenter, March 2016
Hippodrome Theater Panel Discussion – invited speaker, Jan. 24, 2016 – panel on “’Collected Stories:’ Who Owns Your Story”
Publishing I and II classes – Jan. 2013 to April 2016 – Santa Fe College Community Education
Invited reader – ArtSpeaks: A Celebration of Poetry, August 2015.

Scribes of the Sunshine State, Matheson Museum, November 2014.
Invited Reader, Harn Museum Nights, Sept. 2014
Invited Reader, ArtSpeaks: A Celebration of Poetry, Aug. 2014
Teaching, Santa Fe College, Publishing in the Modern World, Community Education, March 2014, June 2014
Project – 30 Poems in 30 days for National Poetry Month – April 2014 (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpRUcbQs6vJGnSgNEpMN0TA)
Listed as fiction, poetry, essay writer in Poets & Writers, Nov. 2013.
Invited reader, ARTSPEAKS: A Celebration of Poetry, Aug. 2013
Member, Professional Editors Network, July 2013
Judge – Melrose Library Literary Contest, Feb. 2012; Instructor, Memoir – Jewish Women’s League, March 2012
Editor’s Pick, salon.com – Saying Goodbye to the Space Shuttle, 28, 2011; Celebrating the Thin Cats; Technology Town Hall Editors Pick, Feb. 3, 2010; O-O-O-O-Bama Go Home (And take care of yourself!) – Oct. 30, 2008
Nominated, Gainesville Spirit Award for service to local writers, 2011
Invited Reader, Saw Palm print magazine launch party, Winter, 2009.
Nominated for Pushcart Prize, MacGuffin Magazine, for “Finding Lizzie.”
President, Writers Alliance of Gainesville, 2009, 2010, re-elected for 2011, newsletter editor, WAG Digest
Glimmertrain, Finalist, Very Short Fiction Award, January 2005.
Member, Gainesville Poets & Writer; Florida Writers Association
Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, Sept. 2005