Publications and Recognition

Fiction/short story: “Beneath Her Breath,” The Hopper, Spring 2022. Best of the Net-Fiction 2022 nominee from Sundress Publications.

Essay: “Betweenness,” Deep Wild Journal, 2022-Vol. 4. Second place in Graduate Essay Contest.

Fiction/short story: “Reunion on the St. Joe,” Unearthed, December 2020.

Fiction/short story: “Second Chances” (unpublished). Shortlisted, Letter Review Prize, March/April 2024.

Work experience

Community Engagement Coordinator, Whitman College. 2024-present.

Sole proprietor, Chelsey Waters Writing and Editing Services

Copy editor, Coffey Communications Inc.

Editor, Gadfly, Walla Walla University

Assistant to media relations coordinator, Walla Walla University

Teaching history and experience

English writing instructor, Pacific Union College
Writing for Online Publication

English composition instructor, Walla Walla University
ENGL 121, 122, 223 (FYC and Research Writing sequence)

English composition instructor, Walla Walla Community College–North Campus at the Washington State Penitentiary
ENGL 100, 101, 102 (FYC)

English composition instructor, Washington State University
FYC, College Writing for ELL

Additional work history

Rafting guide

Medical transcription 

Education

M.F.A., creative writing/environmental fiction, Eastern Oregon University, summa cum laude

M.A., English, rhetoric and composition, Washington State University, summa cum laude

B.A., English/writing; Walla Walla College, cum laude

B.A., mass communication/journalism, Walla Walla College, cum laude

Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (att.), Keble College, Oxford University

Presentations/Conferences

Alumni MFA Reading, Eastern Oregon University, summer 2023

Regional MFA Reading, Get Lit! Festival 2022

In the Footsteps of Norman Maclean Writers Workshop, Seeley Lake, Montana, summer 2015

“Let's Go Exploring: How Multimodal Composition Opens the Door to Responsible Sourcework,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, March 2009