CV
Jane Hertenstein
4820 Hillcrest Ave.
Okemos, MI 48864
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Education
1982 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, BS
1982 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, BS
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Publications
BOOKS
2018 Cloud
of Witnesses, Golden Alley Press, FALL 2018
2017 Flash Memoir:
Writing Prompts to Get You Flashing
2015 365 Affirmations
for the Writer
2013 Freeze Frame: How
to Write Flash Memoir
1999 Beyond Paradise
YA Fiction published by Morrow about life in the Philippines
during World War II. Partly based on true accounts of Americans interned during
this time. Received reviews in: Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, School Library
Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books
(BCCB). PBS Teacher Source recommended book.
1998 Orphan Girl: The
Memoir of a Chicago Bag Lady
A heart-breaking account of Marie James. Favorable reviews
in Booklist, Publishers Weekly (Notes), and Library Journal. Orphan Girl was a
featured book review in the Chicago Tribune Sunday Book Section. Articles
regarding the book appeared in the Chicago Reader and American Bookseller.
Local radio: WBEZ (Chicago Public Radio) and WGN (Extension 720 w/ Milt
Rosenberg). Local TV: ABC Morning Show.
1995 Home is Where We
Live: Life at a Shelter Through a Young Girl’s Eyes
A children’s picture book about what it is like to be a
child living at a homeless shelter in Chicago. Reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,
Booklist, and School Library Journal. Local radio: WBEZ (Chicago Public Radio),
WNUA (Point of View), and WGN (Jackie Runcie Show). Local TV: WMAQ/NBC evening
news feature with Renae Ferguson. An article regarding the book also appeared
in the Chicago Tribune, Metro Chicago section.
SHORT FICTION
“The Writer” FORTHCOMING, Two Thirds North
“Zen Garden” Summer, 2024, Rock and a Hard Place
“Yellow House” Spring, 2024, Of Rust and Glass
“Pure of Heart” Winter 2023, Fathom
“Little Norway” Fall 2023, Pensive Journal | A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts
“All is not Lost” Fall 2023, Sunlight
“Keep Moving” Fall 2023, Adanna
“Civil War Reenactment” Spring 2023, Miracle Monocle
“Shelter in Place” Winter 2020, Funny Pearls
“Big Thompson” Fall 2019, THINK Journal
“Museum of the Mall” Spring 2019, Colere
“Missed Connections” Winter 2019, Spitfire Literary
“Seeking Asylum” Summer 2017, Ocotillo Review
“Delivery Man” Spring 2017, Watershed Review
“Ordinary Time” Winter 2016, issue 95, Arlington Literary Journal, known as ArLiJo
“In Her Garden” Spring 2016, Pennyshorts
“Marathoner” Spring 2016, Firefly Magazine
“Roadkill” December 2015, Fiction on the Web
“Un Espiritu Libre” Spring 2015, Writing for Peace
“Heartbreak Wall” Winter 2015, PMS
“Exit 24” Spring 2013, Stoneboat NOMINATED BEST OF THE MIDWEST ANTHOLOGY
Winter of 2019/2020 25th Anniversary Edition, a reprint of Exit 24
Winter of 2019/2020 25th Anniversary Edition, a reprint of Exit 24
“Vigeland Park” Spring 2013, The Red Line
“Never Forget" Fall 2011, Foliate Oak
“I'm Lying to You” Spring 2011, Greensilk Journal
“Cloud of Witnesses” Hunger Mountain, Spring 2010
“How Poor People Get Money” Steam Ticket, Spring 2010
“Bitter Fruit” Fall 2009, The Write Room
“Freeze Dance” Winter 2009, Word Riot
“In Her Garden” Fall 2008, Tonopah Review
Cantaraville, issues 12, 9, 7, 5
“Wild Mushrooms” Fall 2008, Rosebud
FLASH FICTION
“Sea of Lingerie” FORTHCOMING, Hoot
“Riding Bikes at Night” (prose piem) Forthcoming Spring 2025, Ink in Thirds“The Machine has no Clothes” reprint 2024, Coin Operated Press
“Things I Regret” (prose poem)Winter 2023/2024, Flora Literary Fiction
“Waiting for Christmas,” Dec. 2022, Ancient Paths
“Hey! I Found your Notebook,” Fall 2022, Moss Piglet
“Rustic Pears,” (a reprint) Spring 2021, Prairie Wind
“Can't Hold a Candle to This,” Fall 2020, (y)Syndrome
“Ashes to Ashes” and “Her Time,” Dec, 2019, Jan. 2020, Little Old Lady (humor)
“Ashes to Ashes” and “Her Time,” Dec, 2019, Jan. 2020, Little Old Lady (humor)
“Obsolete,” Fall, 2019, Erma Bombeck blog out of University of Dayton
“Revenge”, 2019, HoneyBee Review
“Kickstarter”, March 2019, Ink Sweat & Tears
“Revenge”, 2019, HoneyBee Review
“Kickstarter”, March 2019, Ink Sweat & Tears
“Celebration of Life”, Spring 2018 Vassar Review
“Entrepreneur”, March 2018, Fiftywordstories
“7 Stages of Replacing Things” Jan. 2018, Tenderness, yea
“7 Stages of Replacing Things” Jan. 2018, Tenderness, yea
“Arriving at Night”, Dec. 2017, Ink & Letters NOMINATED for Pushcart
“Catching Up” Nov. 2017, Sunlight Press
“Never Too Late”August 2017, Fiftywordstories
“The Note in the Lobby”Spring 2017, Spelk Fiction
“eMatch,” Winter 2017 Carbon Culture print
“Collage” Winter 2017, The Vignette Review
“The Machine Has no Clothes” (reprint), Autumn 2016, Tigershark Publishing
“Granny's Pockets,” Summer 2016, Friday Flash Fiction
“Summer of the Seventeen-Year Locust,” Summer 2016, The Vignette Review
“City of Love,” Summer, 2016 Bop Dead City
“Untitled” June 2016, Gay Flash Fiction
“Nighttime at the Tennis Courts,” "Cremains,”Spring 2016, Chicago Literati
“Lincoln's Bed,” Summer 2015, After Hours
“The Machine Has No Clothes” Spring 2015, Carbon Culture
“4th of July Anarchy (Foster Beach)” Spring 2015, After Hours
“Stuff” Spring 2013, Thrice Fiction Magazine
“After” Spring 2013 EMdash Literary
“Untitled” Winter 2013, The Blue Hour
“Before the World Changed” (reprint) Winter 2012/2013, The Fine Line
“Three Doors” Fall 2012, American Athenaeum
“The Arrowhead” Fall 2012, Kentucky Flash
“Untitled” AWP Post Card Winner 2012, Bluestem Magazine
“Untitled” Spring 2012, Freshly Hatched, the online journal of Freerange Nonfiction
“Before the World Changed” Winter 2011/2012, Linguistic Erosion (Flash Fiction w/out Boundaries)
“Standing Stones” Winter 2011/2012, Writers Haven
“Goldabelle” Spring 2011, Six Minute Magazine
“Young and Dumb” Summer 2009, Flashquake
CREATIVE NON-FICTION/The Personal Essay
“Tim Tintera's Thesaurus” Fall 2023, Teach. Write.
“The Traveler” 2023, Alternative Route
“Life in the Midden” 2023, Amsterdam Quarterly
“Unobserved” 2023, Mocking Owl Roost
“Peeper Pond” 2023, Instant Noodles
“Starting Over” 2022, Random Sample Review
“Books as Signposts” (reprint), 2022, Still Point Quarterly
“In the Shadow of Tintern Abbey,” 2021, Still Point Quarterly
“A While New Recipe,” 2021, Dove Tales
“Books as Sign Posts,” 2021, Superpresent
“Cycle and Circumstances,” 2021, The Account
“The Horse Fair,” Spring 2021, Teach. Write.
“Transitioning: Life Under Covid,” 2021, Quaranzine
“In Early August Among the Spruce,” 2020, New Critique
“Tiny, Little Horrors,” 2020, Blue Pages Journal
“Bright Invisible” an excerpt, 2019, Utterance Journal
“Examples of Synchronicity”, 2018, Rejected Manuscripts
“Tiny, Little Horrors,” 2020, Blue Pages Journal
“Bright Invisible” an excerpt, 2019, Utterance Journal
“Examples of Synchronicity”, 2018, Rejected Manuscripts
“Parking Lots--flash series” 2017, Sleet
“100 Things for Women Writers to Consider,” Minola Review, Spring 2017
“The Concession Stand is Now Open,” 2016 Silver Birch Press
“Fungus Among Us,” 2015 Liars' League NYC
“Treasures in the Sand,” 2015, Mothers Always Write
“Herbie,” 2014, The Flexible Persona
“Night of the Comet,” 2013, Wordland (What They Saw in the Night Sky)
“The Lies We Tell Ourselves”, 2013, The Shine Journal (Journeys Through Grief)
“Tupperware Forever” 2013, The Golden Key
“Ostrog Monastery,” 2012, About Place Journal (Peaks and Valleys issue),
“Seeking the Elusive,”2012, Ruminate
“Wrigley Dogs” 2012, Feathertale, http://feathertale.com/author/herstensteinj/
“How I Met My Husband”, 2012, bioStories
“That Which I Should Have Done (I Did Not Do)”, 2012, Adroit Journal
“Google Earth” 2011, Fiction Fix
“The European Schedule” 2009, Frostwriting
ANTHOLOGIES
"What I saw on my walk last night,” Beautiful, Sweetycat Press, Spring 2022
"Rustic Pears” Porcupine Chapbook, Lost Sparrow Press, Fall 2017
“Multiple Facebook Personalities” Vagabonds: Anthology of the Mad Ones
“Tattoo Baby” Cellar Door
“Before the World Changed,” Winter 2013/2014, Until the End Anthology
“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” 2013, KY Christmas, OFFBEAT CHRISTMAS STORY
“The Arrowhead,” KY Stories 2012, FLASH
“Sense of Smell” Spring 2012, IMPACT: A Collection of Short Memoir
“Wild Mushrooms” Fall 2012, Fungi Anthology
New York Times
featured writer in: The Caretakers of Women’s Pandemic Stories by Alisha Haridasani Gupta
TRANSLATIONS
Min Stad (My Town) 2015
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Min Stad (My Town) 2015
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PODCASTS
Panelist, What We Talk About When We Talk About the New York School: Online Symposium (September 2022) Network for New York School Studies
Bike Life, Fall 2023, https://www.podpage.com/bike-
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Professional Experience
2024 Festival of Faith and Writing, Circle Leader
2021 Accepted into Story Studio Novel-in-a-Year Program
2017 Member of Society of Midland Authors
2017 Member of Society of Midland Authors
2013 Grant, Illinois
Arts Council
2011 Grant, Illinois
Arts Council
2011 Grant, CAAP from
Chicago Dept. Tourism
2008-2010
Illinois Artists Roster
2000 - present
member of Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
2006 -2021 Chicago city SCBWI network rep
2008 Pilcrow Literary
Festival, Chicago: YA writers panel
2000 Festival of Faith
& Writing, Calvin College, panel: Presence of the Spiritual in Children's
Literature
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Awards/Residencies/Conference Scholarships
2021 Individual Artist Grant from the Dept. of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago
2017 ARTweek at Great
Spruce Head Island
2014 artist residency Cape Cod Dune Shack (Peaked Hills Bars Historical District)
2013 partial scholarship Whole-Novel Workshop Highlights Foundation
2012 Honorable Mention Glimmertrain May 2012
2012 Prose finalist Guild Literary Contest
2012 AWP Postcard winner, Bluestem
2012 Artist Residency, Blueberry View
2011 quarterfinalist in Amazon YA Query contest
2011 selected to take part in A Room of Her Own Writer's Retreat
2011 AIR, Starry Night, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
2013 partial scholarship Whole-Novel Workshop Highlights Foundation
2012 Honorable Mention Glimmertrain May 2012
2012 Prose finalist Guild Literary Contest
2012 AWP Postcard winner, Bluestem
2012 Artist Residency, Blueberry View
2011 quarterfinalist in Amazon YA Query contest
2011 selected to take part in A Room of Her Own Writer's Retreat
2011 AIR, Starry Night, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
2010 full scholarship, Highlights Foundation Writer’s Conference
2008-2010 Select Artists Roster, Roster Artists are certified by the Illinois Arts Council to work in public schools introducing young people to the arts.
2008 scholarship, Green Mountain Writers’ Conference
2006 Amanda Davis Award, Wesleyan Writers’ Conference
2006 grant, Cultural Affairs Department of Chicago
2005 semi-finalist in Guild Complex Fiction Open Mic
2002 waitstaff, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
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Teaching Experience
2020 The Memoir/Fiction Hybrid: Writing that Doesn’t Fit a Category, OCWW
2019 Auto-Fiction and Memoir, OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2017 Holiday Flash seminar OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2016 Writing Still Life seminar, OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2014 Vignettes seminar OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2013 "Flash Memoir" seminar at OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2010 Winter, J-Term Huntington College, Memoir Writing
2017 Holiday Flash seminar OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2016 Writing Still Life seminar, OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2014 Vignettes seminar OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2013 "Flash Memoir" seminar at OCWW, Winnetka, IL
2010 Winter, J-Term Huntington College, Memoir Writing
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Related Work Experience
1993 - 2000 copy editor, editor in chief, publicity and marketing for non-profit publishing house, Cornerstone Press
1984 - 1992 copy editor and advertising director for non-profit magazine, Cornerstone
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Community Service
2011 - 2016 oral interviews with residents, Friendly Towers (senior living facility)
2005 - 2014 instructor of creative writing for women residents at homeless shelter
2002 - 2008 founder and director of the Prairie School of Writing
1982 - 1984 tutored low-income children in remedial reading on north side of Chicago