Bio
Alanna Weissman is a third-generation native New Yorker. She is currently pursuing an MFA in fiction at New York University, where she taught introductory creative writing and serves on the editorial board of the Washington Square Review; she also holds an MS from Columbia Journalism School and a BA from Colgate University, where she double-majored in English with an emphasis in creative writing and art and art history with an emphasis in studio art. Her copyediting experience includes work for newspapers, magazines, and websites.
For freelance and professional inquiries, a full résumé is available upon request.
For freelance and professional inquiries, a full résumé is available upon request.
Awards
Longlist, The Masters Review Fall Fiction Contest (2019)
Peter Keller Editing Award, Columbia Journalism School (2015)
Merit Winner in Writing – Short Story, National YoungArts Foundation (2010)
Silver Medal for Poetry (2009) and Journalism (2008), Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Shortlisted for The Best Teen Writing of 2008
Peter Keller Editing Award, Columbia Journalism School (2015)
Merit Winner in Writing – Short Story, National YoungArts Foundation (2010)
Silver Medal for Poetry (2009) and Journalism (2008), Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Shortlisted for The Best Teen Writing of 2008