Editorial Freelancers Association
Member Profile
Norah Vawter
Freelance writer & editor
I have an M.F.A. in creative writing from George Mason University and a B.A. in English from the College of William and Mary. I offer a diverse range of writing, editing, and research services, with a focus on developmental editing of fiction and memoir. I also copy edit, proofread, write blog posts and business copy for clients, and perform both basic fact checking and deep dive research. In addition to my work for clients, I am a novelist. My work is represented by Victress Literary.
In addition to my freelance work, I’m the Local Authors Editor of DCTRENDING.com, an online magazine covering stories at the intersection of the arts, culture, and social change in the nation’s capital. I’m the former fiction editor of two national literary journals: So to Speak and The William and Mary Review. Other past work experience includes teaching composition at Northern Virginia Community College; interning for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation; serving as the communications specialist for local theater arts company CARE Actor; interning for allAfrica Global Media as their book review editor; and helping to start the alternative newspaper The Washington Spark. (Oh, and when I was 23 I did spend a year working on a farm.)
I’ve published articles, op-eds, and essays on parenting, politics, and lifestyle topics in The Washington Post, Healthline, OtherWords, Posh Seven, Scary Mommy, and JustBE Parenting, among others. My book reviews, interviews and arts journalism have appeared in The Washington Independent Review of Books, Tottenville Review, and DCTRENDING, among others. My short fiction and poetry have appeared in The Washington Writers Publishing House’s anthology This Is What America Looks Like, The Nassau Review, Agave Magazine, and Stymie, among others. I won first prize in Memoir Magazine’s essay contest. My first novel, which was a finalist for the Eludia Award and longlisted for the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction, is currently on submission.
Before taking a high school writing workshop, I wanted to be a mathematician. I still think math is beautiful, a way to tame the chaos, but now I prefer to work with words instead of numbers. I’m obsessed with the ocean, the stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many kinds of coming of age stories. I live with my husband and son in the D.C. area, where I’m working on my second novel and a lot of other fun writing and editing projects. I would love to learn more about yours.
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Years in the field: 17
Years freelancing: 12
Norah Vawter
I have an M.F.A. in creative writing from George Mason University and a B.A. in English from the College of William and Mary. I offer a diverse range of writing, editing, and research services, with a focus on developmental editing of fiction and memoir. I also copy edit, proofread, write blog posts and business copy for clients, and perform both basic fact checking and deep dive research. In addition to my work for clients, I am a novelist. My work is represented by Victress Literary.
In addition to my freelance work, I’m the Local Authors Editor of DCTRENDING.com, an online magazine covering stories at the intersection of the arts, culture, and social change in the nation’s capital. I’m the former fiction editor of two national literary journals: So to Speak and The William and Mary Review. Other past work experience includes teaching composition at Northern Virginia Community College; interning for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation; serving as the communications specialist for local theater arts company CARE Actor; interning for allAfrica Global Media as their book review editor; and helping to start the alternative newspaper The Washington Spark. (Oh, and when I was 23 I did spend a year working on a farm.)
I’ve published articles, op-eds, and essays on parenting, politics, and lifestyle topics in The Washington Post, Healthline, OtherWords, Posh Seven, Scary Mommy, and JustBE Parenting, among others. My book reviews, interviews and arts journalism have appeared in The Washington Independent Review of Books, Tottenville Review, and DCTRENDING, among others. My short fiction and poetry have appeared in The Washington Writers Publishing House’s anthology This Is What America Looks Like, The Nassau Review, Agave Magazine, and Stymie, among others. I won first prize in Memoir Magazine’s essay contest. My first novel, which was a finalist for the Eludia Award and longlisted for the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction, is currently on submission.
Before taking a high school writing workshop, I wanted to be a mathematician. I still think math is beautiful, a way to tame the chaos, but now I prefer to work with words instead of numbers. I’m obsessed with the ocean, the stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many kinds of coming of age stories. I live with my husband and son in the D.C. area, where I’m working on my second novel and a lot of other fun writing and editing projects. I would love to learn more about yours.
