Sonya Larson Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Began as Assistant Director in 2015 before being promoted to Director in 2017. Accomplished the following:
• Grew the nation’s premier annual writing conference from 80 sessions and 700 attendees to 130 sessions and 1000+ attendees; innovated new DEIB-focused programs; raised a record $350,000 annually.
• Curated and recruited 150+ speakers each year, including guest authors, literary agents, editors, and publishing innovators. Worked with each presenter to shape their sessions and meet the conference’s goals. Created.
• Hired, trained, managed, and evaluated a team of 8 staffers to plan and support the conference.
• Closely tracked all data—including income and expenses, deadlines, contacts, registrations, outreach, outreach initiatives, marketing campaigns, and troubleshooting efforts—and used this data to make agile, strategic.
• Spearheaded the organization’s Inclusion Initiative by creating a Writers of Color deck of sessions and growing it each year. Increased scholarship funds each year for attendees who were of color, LQBTQ+, living with a.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Planned, coordinated, and hosted monthly events for the 2,000+-member Boston Writers of Color Group (BWOC), to create community, education, and publishing connections and address career challenges uniquely faced by.
• Wrote and curated monthly newsletter to 1,500+ BWOC subscribers.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

My short fiction and essays have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, American Short Fiction, Poets & Writers, Writer’s Chronicle, and more. I've received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and more. I received an MFA in fiction from the.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Hired as Program Coordinator in 2005, was promoted to Program Manager in 2008, and then Program Director in 2012. Accomplished the following:
• Oversaw the operations and financial health of GrubStreet's earned-income programming ($950,000 annually or 75% of GrubStreet's budget), including over 600 annual workshops and classes, the manuscript consultation.
• Created unique and forward-thinking schedule of 120+ classes and events per quarter. Identified gaps in what the GrubStreet community was seeking to learn, and designed classes and programs to meet these needs.
• Oversaw major technical projects, including the soup-to-nuts design, building, and implementation of a brand-new GrubStreet website, plus a custom internal database to track class registrations, income, donations.
• Supervised all logistics for GrubStreet’s annual gala, A Taste of Grub. Spearheaded all fundraising and event plans, including inviting donors, inviting guest authors, asking for pledges, coordinating with the gala.
• Hired and supervised 1-2 full-time staffers, 6 temporary staffers, and 4-8 GrubStreet interns per year.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Fostered community among the regional chapters of Physicians for Human Rights for medical students. Organized, soup-to-nuts, the first National Student Conference for PHR medical students at Tufts Medical Center.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Supported the brand-new MFA program in admissions, communications, marketing, student support, and faculty assistance.

B.A., English-Creative Writing And Sociology, With Comprehensive Honors, 3.97

Activities and Societies: -Co-Editor and staffer of The Madison Review, a literary magazine -Co-Founder of Action in Sudan, a group of.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: -Co-led the Writers of Color student group, and led 4 campus-wide discussions on the intersection of race and.