Kate St. Vincent Vogl
Writer|Teacher|Editor
More Honors in International Competition
More Honors in International Competition
Over 1,000 writers from around the world entered the 2009 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Kate's short story, “Last Flight Out of Charleston” was among only 24 awarded an Honorable Mention in the July 24 ceremony in Key Largo, Florida. Her short story “Disengagement” won similar honors last year. Both are part of her Infidels collection.
Presentation at International Conference on Adoption and Culture
Kate had the honor of presenting her adoption memoir at the third annual conference on Adoption and Culture, held at MIT from April 29-May 2, 2010. Other presenters included Ann Fessler and Meredith Hall. Kate has also spoken at the national convention of the American Adoption Congress on April 26, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio. As a special treat, Kate’s birthmother Val offered her perspective on their reunion at the AAC convention as well.
In the News
Lost & Found: A Memoir of Mothers led a national news story on adoption and continues to make headlines in major papers, on TV and on the radio. Click here for the latest story on Kate’s story.
More about Kate
She offers editing services for prose writers and has taught a variety of subjects for students ranging in age from kindergarten to retirees. For years, she taught legal writing seminars across the Southeast. She now teaches a variety of courses through the Loft Literary Center and the University of Phoenix, for which she has received the Distinguished Faculty Award.
Kate was graduated from Cornell University cum laude in recent American history and from the University of Michigan Law School. The late writer Carol Bly praised Kate as a “natural teller of story.” Recently, Kate began to collaborate with artist Jackson Dainty on a series of children’s stories. Click here to discover The Secret Stories of Animals. She is delighted to announce that this summer she will begin teaching how to write children’s stories through the Loft Literary Center as well.
Prose Editing Services
Whether you are a new writer struggling to find your voice or a more advanced writer seeking the next level in your prose, Kate can help. Depending on your editing needs, she can provide re-visioning of your manuscripts or an eagle-eye review to finalize your work for submissions.
Click here to find out more about Kate’s editing services.
This week, Kate’s blog starts a series on the importance of perspective your writing.
Tell Me More
I’d love to hear how your writing is going. Let me know!
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Lost & Found:
A Memoir of Mothers
As featured on national ABC News!
A story of hope,
A story about family
“Heart-breaking...
I will be watching for Kate St. Vincent Vogl’s future work.“
~The Washington Times
“Compelling...
Lost & Found has much to offer.”
~Star Tribune
“Vogl writes
with grace and intelligence.”
~Akron Beacon Journal,
also naming Lost & Found among best books of 2009
“Vogl writes
eloquently.”
~Pioneer Press
Nominated for a
Great Lakes Book Award
“A great book.”
~Randy Meier,
WCCO Radio Minneapolis
“A wonderful book.”
~Kim Wheeler,
WKYC TV Cleveland
On the craft of writing:
To write well is no easy task. It is the mastery of illusion. To whittle away at some words until all the knots are smooth and the slivers gone, until the solidity of the phrase turns upon itself so the reader cannot see where your inspiration ends and your craft begins: there lies the beauty. There is the rush. And so we write because we have to, to discover that magic again and once again.
Click here for one of Kate’s featured articles on The Glass Hammer.
