Credits

Available for publication

  • Evening Sun: Poems of Widowhood, poetry chapbook
    • Top 5 finalist, Nerve Cowboy chapbook, 2009
    • 7th place, Cervena Barva Press, 2009

Books and Chapbooks

  • Meditation on Woman, Anaphora Literary Press, Dec., 2011 (http://anaphoraliterary.wordpress.com/catalogue/aline-soules/ or through amazon)
  • The Size of the World/The Shape of the Heart. Co-author, Nancy Ryan. Austin, Tex.: Plainview Press, 2000.
  • Co-author with eight (8) other women. Variations on the Ordinary. Austin, Tex.: Plainview Press, July, 1995.

Inclusions in Anthologies

  • “So, You Want to Present at Conferences and Workshops,” The Poet in Us: Tips on Writing by and for Today’s Women (working title). Forthcoming.
  • “Widowhood,” Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages. Somerville, ME: All Things That Matter Press, 2009.
  • “Let’s Just Go On,” Heart Songs. Detroit: Poetry Society of Michigan, c1995; My Mama Always Said … Big Fork, Montana: Verity West, c1998; Literature of the Expanding Frontier. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, c1999; UN Anthology, 2001.
  • “Back Porch,” You’re Not Alone: a compilation of poems of Michigan poets. [n.p.]: Citizens Insurance Company of America, c1997. [Note: book edited by Ann Marie Blaine, Livingston County Writers Group.]; Century of Voices, Detroit Women Writers, 1999.
  • “The Pane,”100 Poems by Contemporary American Writers, compiled by the Oakland Writers Group, Dec., 1997.
  • “Sugar Plum Dream” in Anthology: Nineteen-Ninety. [n.p.]: Poetry Society of Michigan, 1990.

Poems

  • “Place,” Straight Forward Poetry,  Issue 1, March 3, 2012, http://issuu.com/straightforwardpoetry/docs/sfp_issue_1?mode=window&printButtonEnabled=false&backgroundColor=%23222222
  • “Whole Woman,” Survivor’s Review, vol. 13, Mar. 1, 2012, http://www.survivorsreview.org/features.php?vol=13&art=189
  • “Measure of Love,” Survivor Chronicles, July 23, 2011, http://thesurvivorchronicles.org/2011/07/23/measure-of-love/
  • “Grocery Shopping,” Survivor Chronicles, July 23, 2011, http://thesurvivorchronicles.org/2011/07/23/grocery-shopping/
  • “The Wren,” Whistling Fire, April 12, 2011, http://whistlingfire.com/2011/04/12/the-wren/
  • “Things I Want to Tell You. Questions I Want to Ask,”  Survivor Chronicles, Jan. 8, 2011, http://thesurvivorchronicles.org/2011/01/08/things-i-want-to-tell-you-questions-i-want-to-ask/
  • “Apart,” Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2010, Nov. 15, 2010, http://qarrtsiluni.com/2010/11/15/pushcart-prize-nominations-2010/. Appeared in Quarttsiluni, August 20, 2010.  http://qarrtsiluni.com/2010/08/20/apart/; appeared in The Houston Literary Review, May 2009. http://thehoustonliteraryreview.com/Documents/may_2009_poetry.pdf
  • “How Are You?”; “The First Night,” Survivor Chronicles, May 29, 2010, http://thesurvivorchronicle.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/poetry-on-widowhood-part-i/
  • “Riding the No. 11,” Nerve Cowboy, Fall 2009.
  • “Elegy for a Day,” The Houston Literary Review, April 2009. http://thehoustonliteraryreview.com/Documents/April_poetry_2009.pdf
  • “Changing Direction,” Boiling River, 2008.
  • “Restaurant Solo,” Inertia. Fall 2008.
  • “Notes,” Shaking Like a Mountain. Fall 2008.
  • “First Day of Spring,” Kaleidowhirl, Spring/Summer, 2008. Posted 31 August 2008. http://home.alltel.net/ellablue/
  • “Crossing Iowa” and “Nothing,” Sand Hill Review 2008, also online at www.stanford.edu/~sandhill
  • “What We Remember,” The Daily Palette, March 7, 2008, http://dp.uiowa.edu/ (subsequently archived). Originally appeared in 100 Words, v.5, no.1, 1997.
  • “Commuter,” The Newport Review, also Honorable Mention, 2006 Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest.
  • “Connections” and “Glass House” Lunarosity, February 2007.
  • “In the Beginning,” Bylines, 2007.
  • “In a Woman’s Life,” Poetry Midwest, v.17, Fall 2006. http://www.poetrymidwest.org.
  • “Blank Slate,” The Binnacle, Ultra-short Edition, 2006.
  • “Riding the Number 11,” Prism Review, v. 2, issue 3, Spring, 2006, p. 110-111.
  • “Happily Ever After,” Kaleidowhirl, v. 3, issue 2, Spring, 2006. http://home.alltel.net/ellablue/
  • “Disappearing Act,” 3rd place and “Ostrich,” Honorable mention, 2005 Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest. The former appeared in The Newport Review, no. 23, Nov/Dec. 2005 and the latter appeared in no. 25, March/April 2006.
  • “Alphabet Equations,” Perigee, v.3, issue 2, number 10, No/De/Ja 2005/2006.
  • “Onion Soup,” OASIS Journal, 2005.
  • “Float Away” Kaleidowhirl, v.2, issue 3, Summer 2005. http://home.alltel.net/ellablue/archives.html
  • “Third Eye,” “Evolution,” “A Question of Balance,” “The Bowl,” “Sing,” “Gravity,” “Chill,” “Reflections,” “Clouds,” “Diameter,” Kenyon Review, vol. 27, no.3, Summer, 2005.
  • “Fall,” Poetry Midwest, no. 13, Spring/Summer 2005. http://www.poetrymidwest.org.
  • “Searching,” The Beat (United Kingdom), May, 2005. http://the-beat.co.uk/2005/05/.
  • “Bend in the River,” Reed, v. 58, 2005.
  • “Palimpsest,” Tattoo Highway 10, Winter/Spring 2005. “Blank Page” 8, v.6, no. 1, January, 2004. http://www.tattoohighway.org.
  • “Her Summer Vacation,” Long Short Story, Jan., 2005. http://www.longshortstory.us.
  • “Winter Secrets,” Fresh Ink, Inland Empire Branch of the California Writers Club, Dec. 2004 (print and online).
  • “Anatomy of Stillness,” edifice WRECKED, no. 2 (print ed.), Jan., 2005.
  • “Far and Near,” Poetry Midwest, no. 11, Fall 2004. http://www.poetrymidwest.org.
  • “Possessions,” edifice WRECKED, no. 6, December 1, 2004, http://www.edificewrecked.com.
  • “Nothing,” Ironwork Retreat Newsletter, March 2000. http://www.ironworkretreats.com; Mobius, Thanksgiving, 1995.
  • “Lament for a Field,” MacGuffin. Livonia, Mich.: Schoolcraft College, 1999.
  • “Taking Down Your Tree House,” MacGuffin. Livonia, Mich.: Schoolcraft College, 1999.
  • “On Seeing ‘Interior with Lady, Danish, 1905’,” MacGuffin. Livonia, Mich.: Schoolcraft College, 1999.
  • “How I Became My Own Damocles Sword Waiting to Fall.” Garfield Lake Review. Olivet, Mich.: Olivet College, 1999, p. 5-6
  • “By Way of Vladivostok,” 100 Words, v.5, no.4, 1998.
  • “Wayburn Street,” MacGuffin. Livonia, Mich.: Schoolcraft College, June, 1998.
  • “In the Beginning.” Womankind, 1996. Anderie Poetry Press, Jan. 1997.
  • “The Size of the World,” Womankind, 1996. Anderie Poetry Press, Jan., 1997.
  • “Please.” Prism III: Writing to Stop Violence Against Women. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1996.
  • “Dreamworld,” 100 Words, v.3, no.6, 1996.
  • “Fair Lady,” 100 Words, v.3, no.5, 1996.
  • “Dr. Stark to his Daughter, age 8, Oct. 1916,” 100 Words, v.3, no. [4], 1996.
  • “Male Macho Bonding Trip,” Mobius, Spring/Summer, 1996.
  • “Ivy,” 100 Words, v.3, no.3, 1995.
  • “From Horizontal to Rest.” Poet’s Park, no.4, 1996. http://www.soos.com/poetpark.
  • “The Great Zamboni,” Peninsula Poets, v.48, no.1, First issue, 1992.
  • “Calcutta Boy,” Peninsula Poets, v.47, no.2, Second issue, 1991.
  • “Possum.” Northville Record, July 11, 1991, p. 4.
  • ”Sugar Plum Dreams.” Peninsula Poets, v.46, no.1, First issue, 1990.
  • “Refuge.” Peninsula Poets, v.46, no.1, First issue, 1990.
  • “Haiku.” Peninsula Poets, v.45, no.2, Second issue, 1989.
  • “Night Town.” Peninsula Poets, v.45, no.2, Second issue, 1989.
  • “At Odds.” Alura Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Summer, 1989.
  • “Childhood’s End.” Alura Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Summer, 1989.
  • “Coda.” Peninsula Poets, v. 45, no.1, First issue, 1989.
  • “Unseen Guest,” MacGuffin. Livonia, Mich.: Schoolcraft College, Winter, 1989; Tidbits. Dearborn, Mich.: Writers’ Group, Dearborn Branch, American Association of University Women, 1986.
  • “To Daddy,” Our Own Words. Dearborn, Mich.: Writers’ Group, Dearborn Branch, American Association of University Women, 1988.
  • “At Odds.” Tidbits. Dearborn, Mich.: Writers’ Group, Dearborn Branch, American Association of University Women, 1986.
  • “Ah, the Beach!” Tandava V, Nov., 1984, p. 41.
  • “Flash Flood at 4.” Tandava V, Nov., 1984, p. 41.
  • “Free Will.” Tandava V, Nov., 1984, p. 41.

Short Stories

  • “Living Easy,” In Her Place: Stories About Women Who Get Around, Forthcoming (Dec. 1, 2011), http://inherplace.org/
  • “Happily Ever After,” Kaleidowhirl, vol. 3, iss.2, Spring, 2006.

Articles, Essays, Reviews, etc.

Art Work

  • Illustrations for Our Own Words. Dearborn, Mich.: Writers’ Group, Dearborn Branch, American Association of University Women. Illustrations provided for the years 1987, 1988 and 1989.
  • Illustrations for Tidbits. Dearborn, Mich.: Writers’ Group, Dearborn Branch, American Association of University Women, c1986.
  • Jacket design and execution for Mingled Threads: an anthology. 1st ed. Dearborn, Mich.: Writers’ Group, Dearborn Branch, American Association of University Women, c1982.

Readings

  • Women’s Club, San Ramon, CA, Featured Reader, March 23, 2012
  • Viento y Agua Coffee House, Long Beach, CA, August 4, 2011 (proxy read my poem)
  • Book Passage, June 3, 2011.
  • Ina Coolbrith Circle, Featured Poet, April 25, 2010.
  • California State University, East Bay, Hayward campus, November 29, 2007.
  • California State University, East Bay [“A Common Language”: Readings by Women Faculty, International Women’s Day], Hayward campus, March 8, 2006.
  • Not-Yet-Dead Poets Society, Redwood City, April 6, 2005.
  • “New Writing from the Kenyon Review,” panel at Associated Writing Programs, Vancouver, B.C., April 1, 2005.
  • California State University, Hayward, April 19, 2003.
  • Plymouth Coffee Beanery, 8 – 10 p.m., July 19, 2001.
  • Borders, Flint, 7 – 9 p.m., July 17, 2001
  • Designer Consignor, Lake Orion, 6 – 8 p.m., June 6, 2001.
  • Borders, Great Lakes Crossing, 7 – 9 p.m., Nov. 16, 2000
  • Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, 1 – 3 p.m., May 6, 2000.
  • Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, 7 – 9 p.m., Feb. 11, 2000.
  • Borders, Rochester, 7 – 9 p.m., Jan. 19, 2000.
  • Borders, Rochester, 7 – 9 p.m., Nov. 16, 1999.
  • Allen Park Public Library, 7 – 9 p.m., Oct. 27, 1999.
  • Grosse Pointe AAUW, Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, Nov. 21, 1997.
  • Body, Mind, Spirit Festival, Rochester, Sept. 27, 1997.
  • Orion Espresso Café, Lake Orion, July 12, 1997.
  • Writers at Work 3rd annual conference, OCC—Highland Lakes campus, May 31, 1997.
  • Rochester Community House, 7 – 9 p.m., April 24, 1997.
  • Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge, The Studio Cafe, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., March 12, 1997.
  • Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farms, 7 – 9 p.m., May 8, 1996.
  • Little Professor, Gratiot & 23 Mile Rd., 3 – 4:30 p.m., Mar. 17, 1996.
  • Borders Novi, 7 – 9 p.m., Mar. 4, 1996.
  • Coffee Beanery, Rochester, co-star with Mary Ann Wehler, 8 – 9:30 p.m., Feb. 28, 1996.
  • Borders Bookshop, Birmingham (Southfield & 13 Mile Rds.), 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., Feb. 15, 1996.
  • Sterling Heights Public Library, Sterling Heights, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m., Jan. 17, 1996.

Awards, Contests

  • Evening Sun. Finalist, Qarttsiluni Chapbook Competition, June, 2010. Top 5 finalist, Nerve Cowboy Chapbook Contest, May, 2009. 7th place, Čevená Barva Press, April 2009.
  • “Commuter.” Honorable mention. 2006 Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest.
  • “Float Away,” nominated by Kaleidowhirl for the Best of the Net Anthology, Aug. 31, 2006.
  • “Blank Slate,” Finalist, Third Annual International Ultra-Short Contest, sponsored by University of Maine at Machias’ The Binnacle, June, 2006.
  • “Disappearing Act.” 3rd Place. “Ostrich.” Honorable Mention. 2005 Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest.
  • Woman Acts. Honorable mention, Red Hen Press 2004 Benjamin Saltman Award.
  • “Winter Secrets,” 3rd place, Poetry category, Inland Empire Branch of the California Writers Club, Oct., 2004.
  • “Calling for James,” “Onion Soup,” Notable Entries, Saturday Writers 2004 Poetry Contest, announced April 30, 2004.
  • “Animal Husbandry,” 7th place in the 2001 Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition, 2002. $100 prize and copies of 2002 Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market and 2002 Guide to Literary Agents. Name in June, 2002 issue of Writer’s Digest, and the special fiction issue on Nov. 5, 2002.
  • “Lament for a Field,” $50 prize in The MacGuffin special issue featuring work from former students, 1999.
  • “How I Became My Own Damocles Sword Waiting to Fall,” Honorable Mention in 1999 Abbie M. Copps Poetry Competition.
  • Our Visions: Women in Art, May 11 – 29, 1998, twelfth annual national women’s art exhibit, sponsored by Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge Campus, Womencenter. Honorable mention for “Please.” (Also included in “Poetry Award Winners,” booklet available at the Exhibit)
  • Oakland University/Detroit Monthly Short Story Contest, v. 19, no. 10, Oct., 1996. Second Place for “Living Easy.”
  • Chosen to attend Cranbrook Writers’ Conference, Aug 1-3, 1996 (35 chosen from 219).
  • North American International Auto Show. 1996 Open Short Story Contest. Second Place for “Dandelions and Blue Daisies.”
  • “Art in the Air” Poetry Contest, Dec., 1995. Honorable mention for “Recipe for Power in the Nineties.”
  • Oakland University/Detroit Monthly Short Story Contest, v. 18, no. 10, Oct., 1995. Honorable Mention for “Dandelions and Blue Daisies.”
  • Poet Hunt, Spring, 1993, Third Place for “Ode to an Adolescent Plum.” Poem appeared in Fall, 1993 issue of MacGuffin. Honorable Mention for “Clocks.”
  • MacGuffin Student Contest, Fall, 1988, First Place for “Unseen Guest.” Poem appeared in Winter, 1989 issue of MacGuffin.

Presentations

  • “Improving Your Writing Through Poetry,” CWC Mt. Diablo Branch, Pleasant Hill, CA, December 12, 2009, http://alinesoules.wordpress.com
  • “The Final Spit and Polish,” workshop, Winter Wheat Festival, Bowling Green State University, November, 2007.
  • Panelist, “New Writing from the Kenyon Review,” 2005 AWP conference, Vancouver, B.C., April 1, 2005.

Radio

  • WCBN, 88.3 FM, 6 – 7 p.m., July 5, 2001.
  • “Art in the Air,” WPON, 1460 AM, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Dec. 31, 1999.
  • “Art in the Air,” WPON, 1460 AM, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., January 13, 1996. Repeated 11:00 a.m. – noon, Thursday, Jan. 18, 1996.
  • “The Ted Heusel Show,” WAAM, ______ (need station no.), 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Oct. 3, 1995.
  • “Art in the Air,” WPON, 1460 AM, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., June 29, 1995.
  • “Art in the Air,” WPON, 1460 AM, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., November 24, 1994.

Television

  • “From the Inside,” Jacqueline Cutright (host) with Janet Lawless & Barry Poupart of Borders in Birmingham (Southfield & 13 Mile Rds.), Ch. 11, Madison Heights, Dearborn Heights, Westland, etc.. Taped at Continental Cablevision, 27432 Groesbeck Hwy., Roseville, Feb. 21, 1996 for future broadcasting.
  • ComCast, Ch. 12, Sterling Heights, Feb. 22, 1996. First television broadcast of the reading held at the Sterling Heights Public Library on Jan. 17, 1996 from 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Archives

  • “Back Porch,” “Let’s Just Go On” and “Paper Cups” were installed in the DWW archives of the Burton Collection in 1998.

Teaching

  • “The Art of Memoir: Write-On Seminar Series”, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Feb. 11, 2002.
  • English 100 (Basic Writing), Siena Heights University, Fall 2001. Class cancelled after 2 sessions.
  • Creative writing workshop at Belleville Public Library, March 10, 2001.
  • Creative writing workshops at Chelsea Public Library, Nov. 30, 2000 and Feb. 22, 2001.
  • Creative writing workshop at Brighton Public Library, Nov. 18, 2000.
  • “Current Trends in Publishing Poetry,” presentation in lieu of Margo LaGattuta at 39th Annual Writers’ Conference, Oakland University/Detroit Women Writers, Oct. 21, 2000.
  • Washtenaw Intermediate School District, short fiction class to two separate groups of middle school students, Feb. 3, 2000.
  • “Writing and the Web,” workshop at Writers at Work 3rd annual conference. Oakland Community College—Highland Lakes campus, May 31, 1997.
  • “Writing for the Web,” workshop at DWW/Oakland University Writers’ Conference. Oakland University, Oakland, MI, Oct. 19, 1996.
  • “Fine Tuning Your Poetry,” workshop taught at Writers at Work conference, Oakland Community College, Highland Lakes, May 20, 1995.

Critiquing, Editing, and Judging

  • Regular Reviewer, Foreword Magazine, 2007 to Present.  Also:
    • Poetry Judge, Foreword Magazine, 2007-2011
    • Essay Judge, Foreword Magazine, 2008-2009
    • Short Story Judge, Foreword Magazine, 2009-2010
  • De Clercq Poetry Prize, member of judging panel, 2007-2011.
  • Individual critique for C. David Mathis, short story, Oct., 2001.
  • Manuscripts in short fiction and novel excerpts at the 40th annual Writers’ Conference, sponsored by Oakland University and Detroit Women Writers, Oct. 19, 2001.
  • Copy editor, Jane Heirich’s book on Alexander Technique and Voice (untitled). To be published by MornumTime Press in 2002.
  • Judge for the High School Division of the Second Annual Chelsea Poetry Competition, April, 2001.
  • Preliminary judge for the Undergraduate Poetry Division of the Hopwood Contest, 2001.
  • Manuscripts from students at general creative writing workshops at Brighton and Chelsea Public Libraries, November, 2000.
  • Manuscripts provided by middle school students during a short fiction class at Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Feb. 3, 2000.
  • Manuscripts in short fiction and novel excerpts at the 36th annual Writers’ Conference, sponsored by Oakland University and Detroit Women Writers, Oct. 17, 1997.
  • Manuscripts at Writers at Work conference, Oakland Community College, Highland Lakes, May 19, 1996.

Professional Development

  • Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Mar.31-Apr.3, 2005.
  • Prose Poetry workshops, Gary Young, University of California, Santa Cruz, one in 2003 and one in 2004.
  • Poetry Workshop, Kim Addonizio, Spring, 2003.
  • MFA in Creative Writing, Antioch University Los Angeles. Dec., 2003. Double concentration in poetry and fiction.
  • Cranbrook Writers’ Retreat, July, 1999. Marie Howe. Poetry.
  • Writers’ Voice, May, 1999. Morgan Blair. Poetry
  • Cranbrook Writers’ Retreat, July, 1998. Mark Doty. Poetry.
  • University of Iowa, 12th Iowa Summer Writing Festival, July 5-10, 1998. Gordon Mennenga. Short Fiction.
  • Writers’ Voice, Spring, 1998. Richard Tillinghast. Poetry.
  • University of Iowa, 11th Iowa Summer Writing Festival, July 20-25, 1997. Gordon Mennenga. Fiction Technique.
  • Chenango Writers’ Conference, June 30 – July 5, 1997. Deborah Digges. Poetry.
  • Schoolcraft College/Detroit Women Writers. Marketing for the Potentially Rich and Famous. May 10, 1997.
  • University of Iowa, 10th Iowa Summer Writing Festival, July 13-19, 1996. Michael Carey. Advanced Poetry. July 20-21. Gordon Mennenga. Short Fiction.
  • University of Iowa, 9th Iowa Summer Writing Festival, June 11-16, 1995. Jane Mead. Advanced Poetry.
  • University of Iowa, 8th Iowa Summer Writing Festival, 1994. Jane Mead. Introductory Poetry.

Memberships
[Note: Admission by review only]

  • Detroit Working Writers, 1995 to Present
  • California Writers Club, Mount Diablo Branch, 2006 to Present
    • Board Member, 2009 to Present
    • Board Member and Online Coordinator, 2010 to Present
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