Project Management — Lane Proctor

We created Short Edition’s first quarterly review for English submissions. The selected pieces for this publication were published on Short Edition’s website and in the Short Story Dispensers around the world. I wrote webpage copy, email campaigns, social media posts, blog posts, and newsletters to build a community of writers to submit their work and volunteer readers to help us review submissions.
Realizing the Short Story Dispensers were a fantastic network of printing machines to breathe life into previously published works of short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, we created this ongoing series, The Current.
Wanting to make our mark on the city in which we opened Short Edition’s first American office, we created Philly Storied City, a city-wide initiative to publish established and emerging writers in Philadelphia, providing exciting literary experiences for children and adults in unexpected places.
This was one of many university writing contests we co-hosted with our academic partners. The Long Story Short Award was a Short Edition initiative to create connection across all the campuses where students’ works are being published in Dispensers – 14 different universities participated.
This was a nationwide creative writing contest we hosted in the US shortly after opening our American office.

Project management included:

concept ideation (name, theme, process, calendar)
worked with freelance graphic designers to brainstorm and create visuals for internal and external projects
wrote webpage copy, email campaigns, press releases, and social media posts
managed communication with university partners and student participants
selected and managed panel of guest judges for certain contests
managed review teams to help filter submissions - wrote weekly blog post for engagement
read and reviewed submissions
participated in selection of winners and runners-up
managed prizes and publication contracts
edited and published selected pieces on Short Edition’s website and in the Short Story Dispensers