Erin Kay Shaw
Writer
CV
2021 - 2024
M.F.A. Writing Candidate
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
SCAD Film Festival Reviewer, District, Fall 2021
August 2011 - May 2015
B.A. English, Art History, Medieval and Early Modern History
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Triadic concentrations
Creative member in reworked production of The Vagina Monologues
Community Outreach Programs
2021 - 2023
PUBLICATIONS
"2023 Adventure Guide," Editorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"A Fresh Take on Farm-to-Fork at a.Lure," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Deep Sea & Off Shore Fishing," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Eclipse," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Effingham County: Everything you Need Just Around the Corner," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"GoSouth and Glamp," Editorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"GoSouth: Charleston," Editorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"GoSouth: Nashville," Editorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Heal. Grow. Be Wild.," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Intrepid Adventurer," Editorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Keep the Whole Crowd Happy at Congress Street Social Club," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Only the Best for Your Best Friend," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Say Sláinte Year Round at McDonough’s Restaurant & Lounge," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Shake Your Tail Feathers at Jazz’d," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Skol at Debellation Brewing Co.," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"The Ultimate Destination For Your Next Night Out," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"True Southern Hospitality at Old Town Bluffton Inn," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Veg-South," Editorial, South Magazine, April 2023
"Viva La Smiles," Advertorial, South Magazine, April 2023
“Amp Up Your Mind-Body Connection,” Advertorial, South Magazine, March 2023
“Exceptional Boutique Shopping,” Advertorial, South Magazine, January 2023
“PlaySouth: Enmarket Arena,” Advertorial, South Magazine, January 2023
"Run, Johnny, Run!" Profile, South Magazine, January 2023
"Care For The Ages," Advertorial, South Magazine, December 2022
"Dr. Chris Whelan: Chiropractor to the Stars," Editorial, South Magazine, December 2022
"Grace + Grit: From Savannah Chassés to the Wings of Pigeons," Profile, South Magazine, December 2022
"Live Forever or Die Trying," Q&A, South Magazine, December 2022
"Play With A Purpose," Advertorial, South Magazine, December 2022
"Trauma to Triumph," Profile, South Magazine, December 2022
"“All That Breathes” focuses on conservation and hope," Film Review, District, October 2022
"“Love, Barbara” tells a touching story about real love," Film Review, District, October 2022
"Progressive Education and the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten," Georgia Historical Society: Hidden Histories Online Exhibit, May 2022
“‘The Harder They Fall’ diversifies the model of the Western,” Film Review, District, October 2021
“’Francesco’ demonstrates the power of positivity in the Vatican and beyond,” Film Review, District, October 2021
WORK EXPERIENCE
Editorial Staff 2022 - 2023
South Magazine - Savannah, GA
June - August 2022
INTERNSHIP
Social Media Manager
Clearing House Savannah Center for Art + Spirit - Savannah, GA
2022
AWARDS AND HONORS
Financial award to attend Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference, 2022
Recognized as a film reviewer on noted filmmaker Barbara Hammer's website
March 2022
SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT
Graduate Admission Booth at AWP Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 23-26 March 2022
2011 - 2015
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Tutor, Sophie B. Wright Charter School, New Orleans, LA, 2013-2015
ESL Tutor, Tulane University Service Learning Course, New Orleans, LA, 2011-2012
Arts & Crafts Instructor, Minnesota Elks Youth Camp, Nisswa, MN, 2010-2011
Upcoming
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Eating Noodles by Nightlight: A Memoir. At the risk of sounding dramatic, death has clung to me my whole life, since the very beginning. My father was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer the same week I was born. What was supposed to be the happiest time in my parents’ new life together was spoiled beyond their wildest imaginations. My father died a year later. I wasn’t even two-years-old yet. My birth had somehow become tangled with my father’s death. Fun birthdays, right? My mother raised me on her own and we were happy. Then, lo and behold, she got cancer too. I watched her suffer and wither away for over a year before she died in my arms. I had just turned 18. Dramatic, right?! And that’s just my childhood! Well, ten years later and I’m finally pulling it together and ready to put it on the page. I want to synthesize my life and my pain in the best way I know how and that’s through writing. Plus there are stories of me backpacking through islands and parties that lasted so long I forgot what day it was but those are just for fun.
Never Not Doing Laundry: A newsletter by and about Erin Kay Shaw. This is the place for all things Erin Kay Shaw, on a monthly basis. Sometimes it’ll be the lowdown on projects I’m doing for school, sometimes it may even be excerpts from such projects. Other months it might be musings on something that happened to me, or ideas rattling around in my mind, or it might be some far-flung meditation on life and death or why there are so many damn gnats in Savannah.
Current
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Office
Adobe Photoshop
Google platforms
Social Media Platforms
Snapchat
Hootsuite