My name is Janna. I'm 23 years old and live in Connecticut. I recently graduated from a liberal arts college in Massachusetts with a major in Studio Art and minor in English. I went to an afternoon arts high school for creative writing for two years where I participated in workshops. I also took creative writing classes in college and won 2nd prize for best short story in the annual writing contest. My favorite genre is prose fiction. I have an interest in young adult literature and I'd also like to try more screenwriting. My favorite type of visual art is digital photography, but I also enjoy collage (traditional and digital).

Writing Publications and Awards:
-Poem "The Girl's Wings" published in New Moon Magazine
-Short story "Forty-Eight Flavors", 1st prize in my high school's lit mag contest
-"Forty-Eight Flavors", honorable mention for best short story in Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association competition, 2004
-"Sorta Wanna Be a Yalie" published in arts high school's lit mag
-Poem "Friday Observations", 1st prize for best poetry in the Thornton Wilder Writing Contest, 2005
-"Friday Observations" published in regular and arts high schools' lit mags, also only poem featured in regular high school's yearbook, 2005
-Poem "Inaccessible" published in arts high school's lit mag
-Short story "On the Wire," 2nd prize for best short story in Clark University's writing contest 2009

Photography Publications and Awards:
-One of my photos of a tapir and an ape was a finalist in the Photographer Forum Magazine's Annual Best of College Photography 2008
-My photo of a binturong was published in Malaysia in 2010 in a children's book of nocturnal animals