Vivian Wagner

P.O. Box 265 New Concord, OH 43762 USA
Website: http://www.vivianwagner.net
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Professional Experience

I have written about motorcycles, sailing, packrafting, fiddling, banking software, napping, skiing, augmented reality, global warming, Agent Orange, high-tech coffeemakers, bronzed baby shoes, a marble factory, mudpies, pottery, social networking, smartphones, tomatoes, wikis, robots, baskets, solar power, beards, picnics, snowmobiles, wooden carousels, Scrabble, campaign contributions, picnics, Afghanistan, periodontists, collaborative filmmaking, and many other eclectic topics. An award-winning writer and photographer with an eye for the unusual, I focus on music, food, travel, humor, technology, health, literary journalism, and creative nonfiction. My company, V Creative Enterprises, LLC, also provides a variety of writing, editing, photography, design, and coaching services.

Expertise

Writer
15 Years
Photographer
10 Years
Editor
5 Years

Specialty

Lifestyle
15 Years
Technology
13 Years
Travel
10 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
15 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
15 Years
Online/new media
10 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

15 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

ECT News Network-TechNewsWorld, LinuxInsider, etc (10+), Ohio State Alumni Magazine (3-5), American Express OPEN Forum (1-2), Clean Eating (1-2), Rider Magazine (1-2), Senior Housing News (1-2), Slice of Life (1-2), SocialLending.net (1-2), The Atlantic (1-2), The Battered Suitcase (1-2), The Lion and the Unicorn (1-2), The Pinch (1-2), Toasted Cheese (1-2), Vegetarian Times (1-2), VegNews (1-2), American Way (1-2), Bluegrass Unlimited (1-2), Destinations New England (1-2), ECOllective (1-2), Entrepreneur (1-2), Geek Monthly (1-2), GKBusiness.com (1-2), Go: The Inflight Magazine of AirTran Airways (1-2), Kenyon Review Online (1-2), Narratively Magazine (1-2), O: The Oprah Magazine (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

American Express OPEN Forum (10+), Contently (10+), Boston Publishing (1-2)

Other Work History

Owner, V Creative Enterprises, LLC: 2014-present Associate Professor of English, Muskingum University, 2003-present Freelance Writer, Editor, & Photographer: 1996-present News Editor, In the Fray [www.inthefray.org], 2008 - 2011 Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1992-1996 Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University, 1989-1992

Technical Skills

Photoshop, InDesign, GarageBand, iMovie, SoundSlides

Foreign Language Skills

German

Computer Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher

Equipment

Digital camera, audio recorder, digital video

References

Available upon request.

Awards

Finalist in 2015 CutBank chapbook competition for REPAST: Essays on Food, History, and Self Semi-finalist in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards Contest, 2014 Bear River Writers' Workshop scholarships, 2012 and 2014 Peter Taylor Nonfiction Fellowship, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, June, 2007 Sheridan Barker Adviser of the Year Award, 2006, from the Society for Collegiate Journalists. First Place Personality Profile, Trade Publications category, Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards 2005, for A Voice for Migrant Women. Runcible Spoon Creative Nonfiction Scholarship and Second Place Nonfiction Scholarship, Indiana University Writers Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, June 5-10, 2005. Creative Nonfiction Scholarship, RopeWalk Writers Retreat, New Harmony, Indiana, June 13-19, 2004.

Associations

Association of Writers and Writing Programs Society of Professional Journalists, Outdoor Writers Association of America Society of Professional Journalists, Authors Guild, Association of Writers & Writing Programs

Showcase

Rider Magazine

A story about my solo motorcycle ride from Ohio to Florida.
A story about Deus Ex Machina, a custom motorcycle and surfboard shop in Venice Beach, California.

American Profile

Profile of nurse practitioner Mona Counts and the clinic she founded in Pennsylvania.
Since 1990, The Chandlersville Courier has been bringing the local news to the people of Chandlersville, Ohio (pop. 85), as well as to former residents of the town.
A look at the Wilson Bohannan Padlock Company in Ada, Ohio.
Profile of Jim Henke, the curator of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
A story about Channel Craft and its handcrafted toys.
A look at a pawpaw farmer in southeastern Ohio.
A story about Etch A Sketch artist Tim George.
A feature story about the American Bronzing Company in Columbus, Ohio.
A feature story about the Marble King factory in West Virginia.
A feature story about the Schantz Organ Company in Orrville, Ohio.
An article about picnics, Longaberger baskets, and the Longaberger family, complete with recipes.
A feature story about an Ohio man and his snowmobile collection.
A look at a young girl's petting zoo and everything she's learning from operating it.
A look at a pencil sharpener museum in Ohio, and the man who runs it.
A story about how a small Ohio town is bringing itself back to life by painting houses.

ECT News Network

Kenyon Review Online

An essay about Hungary, the Holocaust, and the relationship between a father and a daughter.

Blue Water Sailing

A story about sailing and exploring Alaska's Kachemak Bay State Park.

Caribbean Compass

A story about sailing in the British Virgin Islands.

The Battered Suitcase

A lyric list about Afghanistan, pomegranates, a midlife crisis, and September 11.

Narratively Magazine

A story about the invention, history, and marketing of freeze-dried ice cream.

Toasted Cheese

An essay on cooking, mothering, and independence.

Two Hawks Quarterly

A personal essay about life, death, and money.

Apple Valley Review

A creative nonfiction essay.

Slice of Life

A personal essay about parents, motorcycles, and mortality.

Zone 3

A creative nonfiction essay about motorcycles, guns, loss, and grief.

Entrepreneur.com

A story about Roar Motorcycles for Women in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Go: The Inflight Magazine of AirTran Airways

A look at cooking schools and classes in northeast Ohio.

The Atlantic

A story about the psychology and sociology of littering.

C4

Creative nonfiction essay about crocheting.

O: The Oprah Magazine

A story about Laura Klock and her Bike Rebuild program.

General

Part travel narrative, part music history, and part memoir, this book traces my adventures as I learn to play the fiddle.