Jennifer McGaha

Pisgah Forest, NC USA

Professional Experience

A memoirist, essayist, features writer, and humorist, I have written about everything from yurt living and homesteading to parenting and relationships. My work has appeared in dozens of magazines and literary journals, and I am a regular contributor to The Huffington Post.

Expertise

Writer
8 Years

Specialty

Humor
8 Years
Outdoors
8 Years
Women's Issues
8 Years

Industries


Academia Teaching
15 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
Entry Level
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
7 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

8 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

The Huffington Post (6-10), Blue Ridge Country Magazine (1-2), The Chronicle of Higher Education (1-2)

Other Work History

Other publications from the last two years - Deep South Magazine (2015 - pending) PANK (Fall 2014) Baltimore Fishbowl (Spring 2014) theNewerYork (Winter 2014) Gravel (Winter 2014) Your Impossible Voice (Winter 2014) Toad Suck Review (2014) The Brooklyner (2013) Masons Road (2013) Blue Ridge Parkway Poetic Visions (Spring 2013) Switchback (May 2013)

Technical Skills

Proficient in social media - Twitter, Facebook, etc.

References

Available upon request

Awards

Pushcart Prize nominee, 2010

Showcase

Links to Publications

Personal page
(The Huffington Post 2/17/2015)
This page includes links to all articles I have posted on The Huffington Post.
"In Defense of Expressionist Crap"
(The Chronicle of Higher Education 4/21/2014)
An opinion piece on the importance of creative writing for first-year composition students

Writing Sample

"Old Crow and The Appalachian Soul"
(Now and Then Magazine 3/1/2014)
About the ways in which the music of Old Crow Medicine Show reflects the spirit and culture of Appalachia

General

"One of Our Own: Remembering Doc Watson"
(Blue Ridge Country Magazine 10/15/2012)
An article on bluegrass legend Doc Watson