Clif Travers
578 Congress St. #3 Portland, Maine 04101
cliftravers@gmail.com
207.778.1122
Teaching and Writing Experience
2023-present
Editor/Writer, Portland Magazine, Portland, ME
Duties include:
- Researching and writing feature stories
- Interviewing people of interest living in or visiting the Portland area
- Assigning and editing freelancers’ stories
- Hiring and training interns
- Tracking progress on all stories and keeping writers to deadlines
- Entering details for all payments and comps
- Working directly with the graphic designer on art and layout
2020-present
Creative Writing Instructor, Maine Writers and Publisher Alliance, Portland, ME
Duties Include:
- Teaching creative writing in fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction to all levels.
2019-2023
Ghostwriter, Ximedus, LLC
Duties include:
- Interviewing clients for personal statements
- Writing personal essays in the voice of the client
- Turning in finished essays for approval within the contracted deadline
- Editing and rewriting essays according to the client’s requirements
2018-present
Copyeditor/Editor, Freelance
- Editing novels and stories for writers of all genres
- Working with writers on pitches and queries
- Assisting with materials for submissions to publishers and agents
2019-present
Writing instructor: Pyramid Life Center, Paradox, NY
- Teaching fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir, and works in progress to all levels.
2017-present
Writing instructor, Portland, ME
- Workshop environment/all levels
2017-
“Writing Fundamentals”, Kingfield Writing Workshop, Kingfield, Maine
2016-2018
Writing Instruction for Seniors, Sage-Groti Center, Brooklyn, NY
2014-2018
Drawing and Art Appreciation, Sage Center, Manhattan, NY
Publications
- 2024, Maine Character Energy, a charity anthology, Rogue Owl Press
- 2023-present, Portland Magazine, Monthly features and interviews
- 2023, The Stones of Riverton, Short story collection, 2023, Down East Books/Rowman and Littlefield
- 2020, Crack the Spine Anthology, 2020, anthology of short fiction
- 2019, Campfire Tales Anthology, Zimbell House Publishing, 2018
- 2019, [Freeze Frame Fiction], Literary magazine, March, 2019
- 2019, Underwood Press, Literary magazine, March 2019
- 2019, Coffin Bell Journal, Online literary magazine, April, 2019
- 2019, Dimeshow Review, Literary magazine, February, 2019
- 2015-17, The Stonecoast Review, Magazine of prose and poetry
- Reader/Copyeditor, Stonecoast MFA USM, Portland. ME
Organizations and Affiliations
- Since 2020, Author’s Guild
- Since 2017, Maine Writers and Publishers, Portland, Maine
- Since 2007, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
- 1990-1996, United South End Artists, Boston, MA, Founding Member, President 1993-1996
Residencies
2019
Residency Fellowship
New York Mills Artist Retreat
New York Mills, Minnesota
2018
Residency Fellowship
The Fiore Center for the Arts, Jefferson, ME
Education
2015-17
Stonecoast MFA Creative Writing
University of Southern Maine, MFA degree
1996-98
Mass. College of Art
Painting and Sculptor, Graduate work, no degree
Professional References
- Bill Stauffer, Author, bstauffer@eco-story.com
- Ellie O’Leary, Author/Poet Laureate/Writerfest facilitator, ellieoleary@gmail.com
- Debbie Smith, Stanley Museum/ Director, Maine@StanleyMuseum.org
- Laurie Lico-Albanese, Author, laurielicoalbanese@yahoo.com
