Nina Alvarez's Writing Journey and Achievements

Major Recognition & Residencies

• Recipient of 18-month "Creatives Rebuild New York" grant (2022-2024) for work as a writer and culture creator

• Fiction Residency at Vermont Studio Center (2011)

• Won Writers & Books' Big Pencil Award for teaching young writers (2014)

• Won Shields Mcilwaine Award for Best Poem, University at Albany (1999)

Published Works

Recent Projects (2023-2024)

• Currently writing "Legends of the Lost" at ninaalvarezwrites.substack.com

• Created WKOZ Camp Cosmographia Radio (hybrid fiction/teaching podcast)

• Conducted and published research on the Keuka Lake Bluff Point Ruins (2021)

• Published "The Lost Legacy of Lizzie Scoville" in Laurel County Historical Society blog (2024)

Literary Publications

• Hybrid/Creative Nonfiction

  • "Eighth Grade Bio" in Split Lip Magazine (2015) - Nominated for Sundress Publications "Best of the Net"

  • "The Question Is What To Do About The Question" in The Sonder Review (2015)

  • "Copywriting For Your Business Blog" in Prick of the Spindle (2015)

  • "Honesty and Orientation: A Review of Proxies" in Tupelo Quarterly (2017)

  • "Water of Life" profile in 55+ Magazine (2016)

  • "No Self at the Dinner Party" in The Finger (2012)

• Fiction

  • "The Dancing Man" in Danse Macabre (2011)

  • "Faithless" and "AC/DC" in Dark Reveries Magazine (2007)

  • "Gravity is Weak" in 21 Stars Review (2007)

  • "Pee" in Swill (2007)

  • "If There is No One to Listen..." in Twisted Tongue Magazine (2007)

• Poetry

  • "Death and the Maiden" in Danse Macabre (2011)

  • "October" in Electric Velocipede (2009)

  • "bees" in Grasslimb Journal (2008)

  • "Mary, Mary" and "Nietzsche" in Contemporary Rhyme (2007)

  • "The Shore" in Teen Magazine (1995) - First published work

Dramatic Works

• "Type Writer" - Winner in Geva 2015 2 Pages/2 Voices Festival

• "The Life of Leo Wool" - Produced at East End Theatre (2013)

• "The Battle Cry of Frieda" - Produced at 24-Hour Plays (2014)

• "A History of Bifurcations" - Produced at 24-Hour Plays (2013)

Academic Writing

• Master's thesis "Apocalypse is Genesis: Homi Bhabha and the Third Space of South African Culture" (2001)

  • Combined creative nonfiction, memoir, and criticism to explore black South African literature

  • Written after semester at University of Cape Town

Editorial Projects

• Created Follow Your Bliss magazine (2010) with Sandy Farnan and Raquel Pidal

• Founded NinaAlvarez.net (2007) - Poetry website with over 500,000 views as of 2022

This compilation represents over 25 years of published work across multiple genres, demonstrating versatility in creative writing, academic work, and dramatic arts.