C.V.

 

Dom Fonce • Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

Ursuline High School, Youngstown, Ohio, high school diploma

BA in English, minor in Creative Writing, Youngstown State University, 2019, GPA 3.6

MFA in Creative Writing (poetry), NEOMFA, 2020-2023

Thesis committee: Mary Biddinger (advisor), Catherine Wing (reader), Philip Brady

(reader)

 

Job Experience

2015-16: News reporter at the Jambar

2016-17: YSU English Department Computer Lab Assistant

2017: YSU Writing Center Consultant

2017-19: YSU English Department Computer Lab Coordinator

 

Teaching Experience

2020-2023: Writing 1 and Writing 2 Instructor, Youngstown State University, Teaching Assistant

  • Experience teaching in person, online, and in multimodal (mix of online and in-person teaching).
  • Experience teaching diverse student groups, including nontraditional, international, non-native English speaking/writing, neurodivergent, minority, and College Credit Plus (high school) students.
  • Experience grading on a deadline.

 

Workshops

2019: Facilitator, Quill Creative Writing Workshop, Youngstown State University

2023: Facilitator, Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop, McDonough Museum of Art

2023: Facilitator, YSU English Festival, Two Poetry Workshops, Grades 7th-9th and 10th-12th.

 

Book Publications

2019: Here, We Bury the Hearts (Finishing Line Press)

2022: Dancing in the Cobwebs (Finishing Line Press)

 

Internships

2016: YSU Student Literary Arts Association/Jenny Magazine:

Social Media Manager, reader, secretary

2018: YSU Writing Center:

Facilitated YSU’s Creative Writing Workshop, volunteered for Lit Youngstown Fall Festival, revived YSU Slavic Students Association and acted as President

2022: YSU Writing Center:

Designed instructional handouts and promotional material, tutored undergraduate and graduate students, gave presentations about the Writing Center to student groups, facilitated sessions during Pete and Penny Summer Camp (an event for children in the Youngstown area)

 

Editorial Work

2015-16:

  • Penguin Review: reader, staff member
  • Jenny Magazine: Poetry Editor, reader, intern, Social Media Manager

2018-2021:

  • Volney Road Review: Co-Founding Editor-in-Chief

2020-2022:

  • Great Lakes Review: Poetry Editor

 

National Presentations

2017: Michigan State University and National Geographic ESL Learning Symposium session

Presentation • title: Graphic Language: Using Comics to Promote Real-World Writing

 

Regional Presentations

2019: Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival, publishing panel

 

Featured Readings

2018:

  • Italian Americana featured reader, Columbus Day Celebration, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Basilica

2019:

  • Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Reader, Representing Volney Road Review
  • YSU Summer Festival of the Arts Poetry Featured Reader

2022:

  • National Poetry Month Featured Reader, Modern Methods Brewery

2023:

  • National Poetry Month Featured Reader, Modern Methods Brewery

 

 

Other Conferences, Presentations, Readings (attendee)

2017:

  • Margaret Atwood Lecture and Student Q&A, YSU Skegg’s Lecture Series

2018:

  • NEOWCA Conference
  • Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival

2021:

  • Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival

2022:

  • Diane Suess Reading, NEOMFA Reading Series
  • Dara Barrois/Dixon Reading and Student Workshop, NEOMFA Reading Series
  • Ross Gay and Rochelle Hurt Reading and Q&A, Lit Youngstown

2023:

  • AWP Conference, Seattle, WA

 

 

Poetry Publications

2016:

  • Devise Literary: “Space Toys”
  • Penguin Review, Youngstown State University: “The Grass is Whiter,” “Us”
  • Calliope, University of Mount Union: “The Cowboy and the Cancer Styx”

2017:

  • 3Elements Literary Review: “Neuroplasticity”
  • The Ekphrastic Review: “Monkey with a Gun”
  • Fourth and Sycamore: “Placement”
  • Great Lakes Review: “An Elegy for the Lost Athens Sixty-two”
  • Obra/Artifact, Stetson University: “Here, We Bury the Hearts”
  • Ohio’s Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology: “Flung”
  • The Tishman Review: “The air around us is a blanket”
  • Unlost Journal: “The Great Man”
  • West Texas Literary Review: “Nowhere-Man”

2018:

  • America’s Best Emerging Poets 2018: Midwest Region: “The Perfect View Not Worth Taking”
  • Black Rabbit Quarterly: “The Rain and the Rust”
  • Blacklist Journal, Brandeis University: Three Poems
  • Bridge, Bluffton University: “Standing Over the Great Serpent Mound, 2017”
  • Burning House Press: “Ghost Feet, Some Booze, and My Living Room: A Sad Party”
  • COG Magazine, Cogswell College: Three Poems
  • GNU Journal, National University: “Of Two Caverns”
  • Great Lakes Review Best of 2017, print republication: “An Elegy for the Lost Athens Sixty-two
  • Hedge Apple Magazine, Hagerstown Community College: “The welding-fused wendigo”
  • Italian Americana: “My Mother’s Hair”
  • Jenny Magazine: “Portrait of Rock ‘N’ Roll as Car Crash”
  • Junto Magazine: “Waking Up as the Elephant Man”
  • Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit: “Portrait of Mr. Peanut as the Body Politic”
  • Mistake House Magazine, Principia College: “The Sounds of Ash”
  • Obra/Artifact: “Grassman”
  • Penguin Review, Youngstown State University: Three Poems
  • Shot Glass Journal (Muse-Pie Press): “Night”
  • Strata Magazine: “Undoings”
  • Tilde (Thirty West Publishing House): “Ungrateful Dead”
  • UReCA, National Collegiate Honors Council: Three poems
  • Volney Road Review: “Danger”
  • The Writting Circle [sic], St. John’s University: Three Poems

2019:

  • Ohio’s Best Emerging Poets 2019: An Anthology: “Thick with Howl”
  • Sweet Tree Review: “The Fair”
  • The Weekly Degree: “Song for George,” “Beetle Song”
  • The Write Launch: Three Poems

2020:

  • Blacklist Journal, Brandeis Univ.: “For the Puffer Fish”
  • Delmarva Review: “Song for the Wild Frog”
  • Gordon Square Review: “At the African American Debutante Ball in Youngstown”

2021:

  • Rappahannock Review: “Dancing in the Cobwebs”

2022:

  • Red Ogre Review: “For Caterpillars”

2023:

  • Black Moon Magazine: “American Mosaic”
  • Ginosko Literary Journal: 8 poems
  • Jenny Magazine: “Backyard Pet Cemetery”
  • trampset: “Mosaic with Death Approaching”

 

Prose Publications

2016:

  • Penguin Review, Youngstown State University: “Magic in Mill Creek Park”

2017:

  • Penguin Review, Youngstown State University: “Need Some R & R,” “Tony”

 

Comics Publications

2016:

  • Unearthly Comics: “The Book Harvest”

2017:

  • The Magnolia Review (republication): “The Book Harvest”

2018:

  • Buck Off Magazine: “Phronemophobia”

 

Creative Writing Awards

2016:

  • Poetry: Calliope 3rd Place Prize, University of Mount Union, “The Cowboy and the Cancer Styx,” judge: Mary Quade
  • Prose: Tessier Women and Gender Studies Writing Contest, Youngstown State University 3rd Place, “Mud at the Crosswords”

 

2017:

  • Poetry: Lex Allen Poetry Prize, Hollins University, finalist, judge: Li-Young Lee
  • Poetry: Robert R. Hare Award, judge: Steven Reese
  • Creative Nonfiction: Harry Meshel Essay Contest, 1st Place, “Tony,” publication in Penguin Review

2018:

  • Poetry: Etruscan Prize, 3rd Place, “The air around us is a blanket,” judge: Myrna Stone

 

2019:

  • Poetry: Robert R. Hare Award
  • Literary Criticism: Robert R. Hare Award
  • YSU Creative Writing Student of the Year Award

 

2022:

  • National Federation of State Poetry Societies Ohio Award Honorable Mention

 

 

 

Academic Scholarships and Awards

2017:

  • John R. Rowland Scholarship for Outstanding Student Majoring in English
  • Philippine Kerwer Scholarship

2018:

  • Gary L. Green Award
  • Theodosius and Dorothy Demen College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Scholarship
  • Youngstown State University Academic Achievement Award

 

Other Writing Accomplishments

2017:

  • Interview with The Magnolia Review, conducted by Suzanna Anderson
  • City of You podcast prose reading.

 

2018:

  • Ink Award judge for the Magnolia Review issue 4.2, selected an excerpt from Theresa Williams’s graphic novel The Diary of Lea Knight
  • Interviewed by Dr. Carla Simonini in Italian Americana issue 36.2
  • Interviewed by Black Lawrence Press’s Sapling regarding Volney Road Review

 

2019:

  • Interview with Six Questions For.
  • Youngstown Radio Reading Service poetry reading

2020:

  • Interview with Great Lakes Review

2021:

  • Interview with Rappahannock Review

2023:

  • Malone University Fiction Writing Contest Judge

 

Technological Proficiencies

  • Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Google: Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, Sheets
  • Adobe: Acrobat, Illustrator, Lightroom, Photoshop, InDesign
  • Video Conferencing: Zoom, Webex, Skype
  • Blackboard (comparable to Canvas, Brightspace, etc.)
  • Web Design: WordPress (comparable to Wix, Squarespace, etc.), HTML coding
  • Audio and video recording, some experience editing
  • Digital Photography

 

 

Note: It is an unfortunate reality that we have lost many literary magazines over the years. Unfortunately, a number of publication records in my C.V. have been lost due literary magazines closing down their websites. I have been working on screen-grabbing all of my publications for archival purposes. I recommend you do too!