Résumé
Christy Sheffield Sanford
ChristyS@gnv.fdt.net
   
EDUCATION

  • Master of Arts Degree, Creative Writing and Interarts, McGregor School of Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH, 1991-93.
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, (Minor in Art and Philosophy), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 1970-72.
  • Graduate Poetry Workshop with David Kirby, Guy McKenzie Poetry Chair, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1987.
  • Associate Artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Artists: Visual Artists Pat Steir and Eve Ascheim, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1998.
  • Associate Artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Artists; Poet Diane Ackerman and Visual Artist Carolee Schneemann, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1988.
  • Associate Artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Artists: Poet Ron Bayes and Visual Artist Terry Allen, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1987.
  • Associate Artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Artist: Poet Maxine Kumin, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1984.
  • Adult Education Master's Degree Program (Sixty-two Hours): Ohio State University (Forty-seven Hours), Columbus, OH, 1978-80 and University of Georgia (Fifteen Hours), Athens, GA, 1978.

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GRANTS

  • ALDEN B DOW CREATIVITY FELLOWSHIP (To Create a Web-Essay: "The Roots of Nonlinearity: Toward a Theory of Web-Specific Art-Writing," Northwood University Creativity Center, Midland, MI 1999.
  • STATE OF FLORIDA FELLOWSHIP (Interdisciplinary Category), Recognition for Work Associated with the Spoken Opera, The H's: the Spasms of a Requiem (Writer, Producer, Co-Director, Video Collaborator), 1994-95.
  • NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (Literature Creative Writers' Fellowship), Washington, DC, 1992.
  • HARN MUSEUM OF ART (University of Florida), Performance Funding for The H's: the Spasms of a Requiem, 1992.
  • NEW FORMS FLORIDA (Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, Metro-Dade Cultural Affairs Council and Florida Department of State), Creation Phase Funding of The H's: the Spasms of a Requiem, 1991-92.
  • CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, New Orleans, LA (Supported by The National Endowment for the Arts and The Rockefeller Foundation), Interdisciplinary Artists Grant, Performance of Sur les Pointes: The Ballerina and the Sea Anemone, 1989-90.
  • CITY OF GAINESVILLE OUTSIDE AGENCY GRANT FOR PERFORMANCE ART, Performance funding for Sur les Pointes: The Ballerina and the Sea Anemone (Sponsor: The Gainesville Writers' Workshop, Inc.), 1988-89.
  • STATE OF FLORIDA FELLOWSHIP (Literature, One Award with Recognition in Two Categories, Fiction and Poetry), 1987-88.
  • CITY OF GAINESVILLE OUTSIDE AGENCY GRANT FOR PERFORMANCE POETRY, Performance Funding for "Longing for Progress: Making Love through the Ages," (Sponsor: Gainesville Writers' Workshop, Inc.), 1987-88.

   
PANELIST/JUDGE

  • KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL FELLOWSHIPS, Literature Panel Member (Poetry), Frankfort, KY, November, 1998.
  • STATE OF FLORIDA ARTS GRANTS, Literature Panel Member, Tallahassee, FL, June, 1998.
  • STATE OF FLORIDA ARTS GRANTS, Literature Panel Member, Tallahassee, FL, June, 1996.
  • WHITE EAGLE COFFEE STORE PRESS, Judge, A. E. Coppard Prize for Long Fiction, Fox River Grove, IL, 1996.
  • COLORADO CREATIVE FELLOWSHIPS, Panel Member for Literature Awards, Denver, CO, 1992.

   
HONORS/AWARDS

  • trAce Virtual Writer-in-Residence, six-Month Position for trAce, an Online Writing Community, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England, February-July, 1999.
  • THE WELL, Winner of the Best Hyperlinked Work on the Web for "NoPink," San Francisco, CA, November, 1998.
  • UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, Writer-in-Residence, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Two Quarters (Winter and Spring), 1995.
  • WHITE EAGLE COFFEE STORE PRESS, First Place for Sur les Pointes: the Ballerina and the Sea Anemone, A. E. Coppard Prize for Long Fiction, (Judged by Paul Andrew E. Smith), Fox River Grove, IL, 1995.
  • COLUMBIA: A Magazine of Poetry and Prose, First Place for "Rachel's Recovery," Fiction Contest, (Judged by Carole Maso), New York, NY, 1994.
  • NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN, ARTS ASSOCIATION OF ALACHUA COUNTRY, CITY OF GAINESVILLE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, Certificate for outstanding creative accomplishments and contributions to cultural life of Alachua County, 1996.
  • PRIVATE, Literary Magazine, Contributing Editor, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 1994-present.
  • ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Commissioned Performance Work, "Great Lakes (Map-Induced Trance States)," New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1993.
  • WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM, Participant in Writers in the Schools Program, Alachua County, FL, 1992.
  • Other Honors Prior to 1992: Pushcart Prize Nominee (BLACK ICE, 1984, 1988; THE FLORIDA REVIEW, 1987; APALACHEE QUARTERLY, 1988; MISSISSIPPI MUD, 1989); Winner ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS WORKSHOP Short Story Contest, 1987; WRITER'S DIGEST CONTEST Honorable Mentions: 1985, 1987, 1990; SANDHILL WRITERS CONFERENCE Scholarship, 1987; Florida State Writing Contest 3rd Place, 1986; Winner DANCECIRCUS Contest for Poetry To Be Choreographed, 1986.

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PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS

  • LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, forthcoming from Bloody Twin Press, Stout, OH.
  • SUR LES POINTES (The Ballerina and the Sea Anemone), published by White Eagle Coffee Store Press, Fox River Grove, IL, 1995.
  • THE KISS, published by Radio Room Press, Toledo Poets Center, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1995.
  • THE H'S: THE SPASMS OF A REQUIEM (A Meditation on the Effects of Romanticism, Modern Architecture and the Love of Adventure in the Life of a Suicide Victim), Bloody Twin Press, Stout, OH, 1994.
  • THE ITALIAN SMOKING PIECE (With Simultaneous Translation), published by Helicon Nine Editions, Kansas City, MO, 1992.
  • THE COWRIE SHELL PIECE (With Baroque and Rococo Strains), published by Flockophobic Press, Ltd., New York, NY, 1991.
  • BRIDE THRASHING THROUGH HISTORY, published by Bloody Twin Press, Stout, OH, 1990.
  • ONLY THE NUDE CAN REDEEM THE LANDSCAPE, published by Apalachee Press, Tallahassee, FL, 1989.

   
PUBLICATIONS: INTERNET
   
PUBLICATIONS: INTERNET
INDIVIDUAL WORKS OFF SITE

   
INTERVIEWS/CITINGS RELATED TO
PRINT AND WEB WORK

  • ARTFORUM, Website Hotlisted by Katherine Hayles, New York, NY, October, 1998, p. 23.
  • GEORGE JR, E-zine, "Interview Christy Sheffield Sanford." Interviewed by George Myers, Jr, Columbus, OH, July, 1998.
  • COLUMBUS DISPATCH, "A Web Transfusion." Interviewed by George Myers Jr, Dispatch Book Critic, cover The Arts, Monday, October 18, 1996.
  • CABARET VOLTAIRE. Christy Sheffield Sanford interviewed by Deborah Artman (Madame Rosa) on AOL, October 15, 1995.
  • POETS IN PERSPECTIVE [WYSO-FM]. Christy Sheffield Sanford Interviewed by Ruth Dawson, Antioch University, (Yellow Springs, OH, 1989).

   
ANTHOLOGIES: CD-ROM AND PRINT

  • "Safara in the Beginning." Web Anthology, CD-ROM forthcoming from Eastgate, Watertown, MA.
  • "Bodies of Water: Fountain Albertas." CD-ROM forthcoming from THE LITTLE MAGAZINE, Albany, NY.
  • "Bigamy in the Desert." COFFEEHOUSE: WRITINGS FROM THE WEB, Edited by Levi Asher and Christian Crumlish, Manning Publication Co., Greenwich, CT, 1997, pp. 102-108.
  • "Turn of the Century (Time, Lines)." AMERICAN POETS SAY GOODBYE TO THE 20th CENTURY, Four Walls, Eight Windows, Edited by Andrei Codrescu and Laura Rosenthal, New York, NY, 1996, pp. 319-321.
  • "Traveling through Ports that Begin with M" and "Hurricane! Alex!." ISLE OF FLOWERS, Anhinga Press, Tallahassee, FL, 1995, pp. 129-133.
  • "Le Roman des Agrumes," "Le Roman des Reptiles," "Valérie Visitant les V de la Floride" and "ABCdaire de l'Amour." AIRES, (Des Poètes Américaines: Ecriture), #11, translated into French by Michel Pasquier and Oliver Apert, St-Genest-Malifaux, France, 1990, one of three authors, pp. 30-51.
  • Anthologies Prior to 1990 by Name, Place, Editor and Date: "Dreams of Snakes, Chocolate and Men" and "The Romance of Citrus (Sectional Version)." THE STIFFEST OF THE CORPSE: AN EXQUISITE CORPSE READER 1983-1988, City Lights Books, Andrei Codrescu, Editor, 1989; "Machine Scored Short Answer Poem #3." NORTH OF WAKULLA, Anhinga Press, Mary Jane Ryals and Donna Decker, Editors, 1989; "The Romance of Citrus (Sectional Version)," "Traveling through Ports that Begin with `M' (Seafood Medley)," "Dreams of Snakes, Chocolate and Men," "The Romance of Imprinting (Cases of Bonding and Possession)" and "Scattered Fog." AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1970:UP LATE, Four Walls Eight Windows, Andrei Codrescu, Editor, 1987.
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