Jim Blaylock
Director, Creative Writing
Currently Teaches:
Short Story Writing
Community Outreach
Origins and Sources of Fiction
Degrees and Studies:
M.A. Literature, California State University, Fullerton
Teaching Experience:
Chapman University
University of California, Irvine
Redlands University
California State University, Fullerton
Professional Experience:
14 published novels
50 published short stories, novellas and essays
Awards:
Winner, World Fantasy Award
Winner, Philip K. Dick Memorial Award (for his novel Homunculus)
Abbe Loomer
Assistant Director, Creative Writing
Currently Teaches:
Core Screenwriting
OCHSA Book Club
Degrees & Studies:
B.F.A. Writing for Screen and Television, USC
Teaching Experience:
Cal State Long Beach Young Writer's Camp
California Arts Center
Professional Experience:
Optioned a script to the Hallmark Channel
Published in ISM Magazine
Published in Orange Coast Magazine
Josh Wood
Assistant Director, Creative Writing
Currently Teaches:
Core & Advanced Poetry
Experimental Writing
Stand-Up Comedy
Inkblot Literary Magazine
Degrees & Studies:
M.F.A., M.A., Chapman University
B.A. English, California State University, Sonoma
Teaching Experience:
Chapman University
Saddleback College
Orange Coast College
Professional Experience:
Published in The North American Review, Nimrod, DIAGRAM
Awards:
Finalist, Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
Finalist, James Hurst Prize for Poetry
Finalist, Elizabeth George Emerging Writers Award
Garrett Calcaterra
Currently Teachers:
Flash Fiction
Creative Essay
Songwriting
Comic Book Writing
J.R.R. Tolkien
Degrees and Studies:
M.F.A. Creative Writing, Chapman University
B.S. Chemistry / Biology, Chapman University
Teaching Experience:
Chapman University
Professional Experience:
Published more than 20 short stories, novellas, and articles in various magazines and journals, including in Writer's Journal, Wet Ink, Arkham Tales, M-Brane SF, and The Oregon Literary Review
Jennifer Carr
Currently Teaches:
Real Fiction
Shakespeare Adaptations
Advanced Poetry: World Poetry
Degrees & Studies:
M.F.A., Chapman University
B.A. Creative Writing, USC
Teaching Experience:
Chapman University
Professional Experience:
Published in The Connecticut Review
Awards:
Middleton Endowment for the Arts
The Candace Silverman Memorial Scholarship for Creative Writing
Mark Greenberg Scholarship in Poetry
Melinda J. Combs
Currently Teaches:
Wild Women of the West
Wild, Wacky and Weird
Steampunk
Degrees & Studies:
M.F.A. Creative Writing / M.A. English and Comparative Literature, Chapman University
Professional Experience:
Non-fiction pieces published by Seal Press
Memoir of Disney executive Jack Lindquist
Published in Fearsome Fascinations Anthology, A Capella Zoo, Salome Magazine
Awards:
Finalist, SURDNA grant
Tira Palmquist
Currently Teaches:
Playwriting
Degrees & Studies:
B.A. Theatre Arts, University of Iowa
M.F.A. Creative Writing, University of California, Irvine
Teaching Experience:
UCI
Professional Experience:
Company member, Company of Angels, Los Angeles
Age of Bees workshopped at Company of Angels in Los Angeles
Coyote Rising featured in the World Premiere Weekend at UCI
Awards:
Finalist, 2007 John Gassner New Play Festival
Finalist, 2007 Coe College Playwriting Festival
Tim Powers
Currently Teaches:
Novel Writing
Poetry
Science Fiction Writing
Origins and Sources of Fiction
Professional Experience:
Author of more than a dozen novels; translated into more than 20 languages worldwide
On Stranger Tides optioned by Disney for Pirates of the Caribbean feature film
Awards:
Prix Apollo award in France
Two-time recipient of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and World Fantasy Award
Rebecca Thomas
Currently Teaches:
Adapting the Fairytale
Children's Literature
Adapting Literature for the Screen
Degrees and Studies:
B.A. Screenwriting / B.F.A. Creative Writing, Chapman University
Awards:
Finalist, Glimmer Train's Fall Short Story Award for New Writers
Eric Tryon
Currently Teaches:
Short Story
Literary Magazine
Submissions & Publications
Major Authors
Degrees and Studies:
M.A. English, M.F.A. Creative Writing, Chapman University
B.A. English, University of California, Santa Barbara
Professional Experience:
Work published in Glimmer Train, Eureka Literary Magazine, Wisconsin Review, Rio Grande Review, and Enigma Magazine
Teaching Experience:
Chapman University
UC Irvine Extension