User:Lily Iona MacKenzie

Lily Iona MacKenzie is a Canadian born, naturalized American poet, short story writer, and novelist. A high school dropout, and a mother at 17, in her early years, Lily Iona MacKenzie supported herself as a stock girl for the Hudson’s Bay Company, as a long distance operator for the former Alberta Government Telephone, and as a secretary (Bechtel Corp sponsored her into the States). She also worked as a cocktail waitress at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel, was the first woman employed on the San Francisco docks and almost got her legs broken, founded and managed a homeless shelter in Marin County, co-created THE STORY SHOPPE, a weekly radio program for children, and eventually earned two Master’s degrees, one in Creative Writing and the other in the Humanities from San Francisco State University.

Her reviews, interviews, short fiction, poetry, travel pieces, essays, and memoir have appeared in over 155 American and Canadian venues. Little Red Tree Publishing released her poetry collection All This in 2011.

Her novel Fling! https://www.amazon.com/Fling/dp/B01JSXXL8C/was published by Pen-L Publishing in 2015. Curva Peligrosa, another novel, launched with Regal House Publishing in 2017. Freefall: A Divine Comedy, a third novel will be released by Pen-L Publishing in 1/1/19. Pen-L will also publish Tillie: Portraits of a Canadian Girl in Training.

Lily Iona MacKenzie blogs at http://lilyionamackenzie.com.

EMPLOYMENT

Adjunct, Fall 1987 to Present: University of San Francisco: Intro to Composition, Intermediate and Advanced Expository Writing, Creative Writing, 20th Century American Novel, Great Works of Western Literature, and Autobiography & Expository Writing for the College of Professional Studies.
2007 to 2015: Writing Tutor, University of San Francisco Writing Center.
1998 to 2005: Writing Consultant. Taught business writing classes and coached individuals in effective business writing.
Spring 2000 and Fall 1997: Part-time Instructor, Contra Costa College, Humanities.
Fall 1988 to Spring 1991: Part-time Instructor, College of Marin, Reading and Writing Development (basic English skills classes) and Writing Lab.
Fall 1984 to Fall 1989, Fall 1991, and Spring 1992: Adjunct, World College West, First-year Writing Workshop, Advanced Writing Workshop (produced the school paper), Literature and Creative Writing classes. Supervisor of Tutoring Program. Recruiter for Adult Weekend Program. Convener of National Issues Forums.
Spring 1985 to Summer 1988: Adjunct, Academy of Art College, Oral and Written English.
Spring 1986 and Spring 1987: Lecturer, University of San Francisco and Academy of Art College Cooperative Program, Forms of Public Writing.
Spring 1988, Fall 1991 and Fall 1992, and Spring 1993: Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Publications Class, English 1, and Advanced Letters Seminar in Canadian Literature.
Summer 1989, 1990, and 1991: Part-time instructor, University of San Francisco ESL Intensive English Program.

CREDENTIALS

The California Community College Instructor Credential in Basic Education, the Humanities, and Language Arts and Literature.

CREATIVE WORK

Honors:

June 2007 First prize for the poem “Pursuing Ay” from WTF Magazine. May 2007 Third place in the 2007 S. Portia Steele award for excellence in prose. October 2006 Honorable mention in “Focus on Writers Contest,” Friends of the Library, Sacramento, for a short story, “Biting Through.” October 2001 Honorable mention from 1100 entries for introductory chapter to Fling! in novel category, “Focus on Writers Contest,” Friends of the Library, Sacramento. 1992 Grant from Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation to compile a poetry anthology of Bay Area women poets. 1987 Finalist in Marin Art’s Council poetry grants competition.

Media work:

Radio Produced and moderated half-hour radio programs on KTIM, Marin County, on the following topics: July 1982 Women in Ministry.” June 1982 “Positive Aging.” April 1982 “Peacemaking.” January 1982 “Divorce and Youth.”

1981-1983 Co-creator of THE STORY SHOPPE, a weekly radio program for children that aired on KTIM in Marin County.

Television Produced and hosted hour-long live television programs on Marin Channel 30 on the following topics: February 1983 “New Wine for New Times.” November 1982 “Single Parenting in Marin.” September 1982 “Positive Aging.”

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