LINDA PHILLIPS
Nursing in Charlotte, NC

Freelance writer at self employed

Writing and Editing

self employed since Jan 1995 - Freelance writer The Fletcher School - Charlotte, NC 2010 - 2012 - Middle School Teacher The John Crosland School (formerly Dore Academy) 2004 - 2010 - Teacher Online Writing Course - www.writing-world.com 2003 - 2003 - Writing for Children Queens University - Charlotte, NC 2002 - 2003 - Continuing Education Instructor

UNCC
K-6 Teaching certificate University of Oregon
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Sociology

Reading and writing middle grade and YA books and poetry; bicycling; trying new recipes; watching my grandkids grow; digging in the dirt (after the pollen settles); traveling; enjoying retirement with my husband

Writing Contest
North Carolina Poetry Society Caldwell W. Nixon, Jr. Award
Honorable Mention for Children's poem "Photosynthesis"
Writing Contest
By-Line Magazine
Special Honorable Mention for adult poem "Chapel Sunrise"
Writing Contest
Carteret Writers, Inc.
Honorable Mention for children's poem "Two-Legged and Four"
Teacher/Scholar-in-Residence Grant
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Wrote a collection of children's poems with science theme