Discipline: Fiction/Nonfiction Writing
Based In: Williamsburg, MA
Year at Millay: 1989
Awards/Honors: Writer-in-Residence, Mesa Refuge, Point Reyes Station, CA (2016); Bechtel Prize, "Teachers & Writers Magazine," Teachers & Writers Collaborative, New York, NY (2016); Associate, Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, Amherst, MA (2010–2011); Fellow, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH (2007, 2000, 1999); Finalist, Poetry, Lambda Literary Award, Lambda Literary Foundation, New York, NY (1997, 1989); Fulbright Foreign Grantee from the United Kingdom, Fulbright Foreign Student Program (1979); Artist-in-Residence, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY; Artist-in-Residence, VCCA Residency, Amherst, VA; Artist-in-Residence, Hambidge Creative Residency Program, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA; Writer-in-Residence, Hedgebrook, Freeland, WA.
Website: https://www.christianmcewen.com
Christian McEwen is a freelance writer, workshop leader, and cultural activist, originally from the United Kingdom. She is the author of a number of books including Jo’s Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure; World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down, and Sparks from the Anvil: the Smith College Poetry Interviews. Her latest book is In Praise of Listening: A Gathering of Stories, which came out in October 2023.