Lyzette Wanzer's CV

San Francisco

Professional Experience

Parliamentarian
National Writers Union
July 2013 - July 2018 
San Francisco
Member & Instructor
The Writers grotto
October 2011 - November 2021 
San Francisco
Writing Instructor
Fremont Adult School
August 2017 - July 2018 
Cupertino
FUHSD 17.1022.41 Get the Grant! For Creative Writers FUHSD 17.1019.41 How to Use LinkedIn to Increase Literary and Artistic Success
Workshop Instructor
CounterPulse
March 2017 - November 2018 
San Francisco
Instructor
Grotto Pros: The Writers’ Toolkit: Six E
April 2018 - April 2018 
San Francisco
Panelist
Berkeley Public Library
February 2018 - February 2018 
Berkeley
Art of the Short Story. Learn from three award-winning authors the art of writing and publishing short fiction in today's competitive market, with Laurie Ann Doyle, Vanessa Hua, and Lyzette Wanzer.
Panelist & Presenter
San Francisco Writers Conference
January 2016 - February 2018 
San Francisco
Workshop Instructor
Mill Valley Public Library
August 2016 - August 2016 
Mill Valley
Presenter
Dog Eared Books
August 2016 - August 2016 
San Francisco
Flash Fiction Collective Writers' Grotto. Dozens of stories in under 90 minutes from masters of the form!
Presenter & Panelist
Litquake
September 2010 - September 2019 
San Francisco
Member
National writers union
July 2012 - Present 
San Francisco
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Fiction Instructor
San francisco state university
January 2021 - March 2022 
San Francisco
Writing Sudden Fiction
Workshop Instructor
Writers.com
March 2021 - Present 
Orlando
Guest Speaker
University of California, Berkeley
August 2021 - August 2021 
Berkeley
ENG 1004: Fundamentals of Freelancing
Instructor
San Jose State University
February 2021 - February 2021 
San Jose
Professional Development Workshop for Writers of Color
Writing Workshop Instructor
The Loft Literary Center
June 2021 - Present 
Minneapolis
Workshop Leader
Larkin Street Youth Services
January 2020 - January 2020 
San Francisco
Instructor
Mechanics Institute Library
September 2015 - Present 
San Francisco
Workshop Instructor
The Writing Salon
November 2017 - October 2018 
San Francisco
Guest Speaker
Empowering Womxn of Color Conference
April 2022 - April 2022 
Berkeley
Convener & Speaker, Trauma, Tresses, & Truth
San Francisco Public library
October 2021 - October 2021 
San Francisco
In conjunction with the exhibit, An Ode to Us: A Celebration of Black Hair at San Francisco Public Library Main Branch’s African American Center. In partnership with the Museum of the African Diaspora.
Panelist
Far West Popular Culture Association
February 2015 - February 2015 
Las Vegas
Panelist
Litquake
October 2016 - October 2016 
San Francisco
National Writers’ Union Takes On Social Justice
Panelist
AWP
March 2019 - March 2019 
Portland
What’s Missing: How Absence Can Drive Narrative
Panelist
Litquake
October 2018 - October 2018 
San Francisco
The Scars That Bind Us: Personal Essays
Book Launch
Green Apple Books on the Park
January 2023 - January 2023 
San Francisco
Author Event
Marcus Books
December 2022 - December 2022 
Oakland
Panelist: Struggle and/as Transformation
Marquette university
April 2023 - Present 
Milwaukee
Speak about Trauma, Tresses, & Truth at the April conference
Panelist
American & Popular Culture Association
April 2023 - Present 
San Antonio
Panelist: “Turning the Lens Rightside Up.” African American Culture. American & Popular Culture Association. San Antonio, TX. April 2023 Panelist: “The Sudden Essay Fitness Center.” Nonfiction Writing. American & Popular Culture Association. San Antonio, TX. April 2023
Panelist
College English AssoCIATION
April 2023 - Present 
San Antonio
Composition, Rhetoric and Theory: Where Well-Being and Education Meet. 52nd Annual College English Association Conference. San Antonio, TX. March 2023
Panelist
Southern Humanities Council
January 2023 - January 2023 
San Antonio
Myths and Mythmaking. Southern Humanities Council. San Antonio, TX. January 2023
Visiting Author
State UNiversity of New York at Albany
April 2023 - Present 
Albany
Creative Writing Instructor
University of Chicago
March 2023 - Present 
Chicago
Visiting Author
San Jose State University
February 2023 - February 2023 
San Jose
Guest Speaker
Skyline College
September 2022 - September 2022 
San Bruno
Guest Speaker
Sweet Briar College
April 2022 - April 2022 
Amherst

Grants & Awards

June, 2019
Individual Artist Commission/San Francisco Arts Commission/ San Francisco
Specific personal, artistic projects that, in turn, stimulate the creation and presentation of new works of art throughout the city’s neighborhoods. This grant category considers proposals for projects in alternating disciplines each year up to $20,000.
February, 2019
Creative Capacity Fund/Center for Cultural Innovation / San Francisco
Awards reimbursement funds to CA artists for professional development support.
June, 2017
Individual Artist Commission/San Francisco Arts Commission/ San Francisco
June, 2014
Residency Grant/Horned Dorset Colony Foundation/ Leonardsville
April, 2013
Individual Artist Commission/San Francisco Arts Commission/ San Francisco
August, 2012
Investing in Artists Grant/Center for Cultural Innovation/ San Francisco
Provided support to individual visual, craft, and literary artists in two categories: 1) for the acquisition of Artistic Equipment & Tools; and 2) for artistic innovation.
June, 2015
Affiliate Artist Program/Headlands Center for the Arts/ Sausalito
An immersive studio practice program awarded to approximately 20 Bay Area artists, writers, and designers annually.
January, 2021
California Humanities for All Grant/California Humanities/ San Francisco
Funding to support small-scale public humanities programs and projects which take place within one year from the award date. Projects should be grounded in the humanities, show potential to provide high quality humanities learning experiences for participants and audiences.
April, 2022
Black Artist Foundry/Black Artist Foundry/ Sacramento
Supporting Black artists throughout their careers is a core principle of our work. We use our voices to amplify their art and celebrate their stories.
September, 2021
Residency Fellow/Muncie Arts and Culture Council/ Muncie
An immersive Artist-in-Residence program of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council, based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie, Indiana
July, 2021
San Francisco Artist Grant/San Francisco Arts Commission/ San Francisco
For individual artists and fund works of art made by artists living in San Francisco. Artist projects and the majority of activities must take place in San Francisco and benefit a San Francisco audience. This grant category considers proposals for projects in all artistic genres
February, 2021
Arizona State University Teaching Fellowship/Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Wr/ Tempe
Each year, the Piper Center offers a number of fellowships for individuals to present craft talks, workshops, and other conference sessions alongside nationally-recognized faculty. Fellows are selected from an extremely competitive pool of writers, published authors, educators,
September, 2022
Impact Grant Awardee/California Arts Council/ San Francisco
Supports collaborative projects that center artists and artistic practice in responding to issues that California communities currently face.
September, 2022
Cultural Pathways Awardee/California Arts Council/ San Francisco
Provides grant support to strengthen the capacity of small, new, and emerging arts organizations that are rooted in communities of color, recent immigrant and refugee communities, and tribal or indigenous groups.
December, 2021
Artist Power Convening Grant/Yerba Buena Center for the Arts/ San Francisco
The Artist Power Convenings were a community investment strategy to build the capacity of artists and artist-led organizations in service of their communities.

Residencies

June, 2017
LEIGHTON ARTISTS STUDIOS/Banff Centre for the Arts/ Alberta
Independent residencies in the Leighton Artists Studios offer you the ability to delve into your work as a solitary, self-directed retreat, as well as the option to engage within the larger artists’ community at Banff Centre.
June, 2017
Writer-in-Residence/Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow/ Eureka Springs
In the privacy of separate, individual writing suites with bedroom, private bath, writing area, WiFi, a/c, mini-fridges and coffee makers, and with all meals provided, our residents write, and write, and write!
March, 2015
Artist-in-Residence/Virginia Center for the Creative Arts/ Amherst
The solitary time artists receive at VCCA allows them to focus on their work without interruptions. The few weeks that artists spend at VCCA often leads to more progress than they had made in the previous several months.
June, 2014
Writer-in-Residence/Horned Dorset Colony/ Leonardsville
Eligibilty is presently limited to artists, over the age of 21, who have demonstrated exceptional talent in the fields of ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, CREATIVE WRITING, CREATIVE WRITING TRANSLATION, MUSICAL COMPOSITION, or VISUAL ARTS.
February, 2014
Writer-in-Residence/Playa Summer Lake/ Paisley
PLAYA supports independent individuals by giving them time and space to focus on their creative work and personal process. While at PLAYA, residents comprise a cohort that depends on the respect and good intentions of all for a positive experience.
April, 2008
Artist Residency/Kimmel Harding Center for the Arts/ Nebraska City
Awards up to seventy juried residencies per year to established and emerging visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world. Residencies are available for 2 to 8 weeks.
June, 2001
Writer-in-Residence/Blue Mountain Center/ Blue Mountains
Offers month-long residency sessions. These sessions are open to creative and non-fiction writers, activists, and artists of all disciplines. Applications are reviewed by accomplished authors and artists who are particularly interested in fine work that evinces social and ecologi
October, 2021
Writer-in-Residence/PlySpace/ Muncie
An artist-in-residence program dedicated to offering visual artists, writers, performers, designers, and other creative individuals time and space to investigate and pursue their own practices.
October, 2022
Writer-in-Residence/The Anderson Center/ Red Wing
Provides residencies of two to four weeks’ duration from May through October each year to enable artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment to create, advance, or complete work.

Education

Mills college
MFA in Fiction Writing
Oakland
Critical Race Theory & Intersectionality Summer School
Certificate, Forbidden Knowledge Fights Back: Unleashing the Transformative Power of Critical Race Theory
July 2021 - August 2021 
New York
Hosted by the African American Policy Forum
Critical Race Theory & Intersectionality Summer School
Certificate, Key Concepts in the Fight Against Anti-Black Racism
July 2020 - July 2020 
New York
Hosted by the African American Policy Forum

Publications

April, 2023
Lyric Essay As Resistance: Truth From the Margins/Wayne State University Press/ Detroit
September, 2019
Edited by Shizue Siegel
May, 2015
642 Tiny Things to Write About/Chronicle books/ San Francisco
Edited by Po Bronson
May, 2012
The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays/Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing/ Deadwood
July, 2020
Third Eye/Natural Bridge
June, 2020
Tracks of Passage/Midnight & Indigo
June, 2020
Jaywalking/Maryland Literary Review
Spring/Summer
January, 2020
Taking Liberties/The Write Launch
vol. 1, no. 33
January, 2017
Saddest Tale/The Los Angeles Review/ Los Angeles
January, 2014
Molasses Sugar/Portland Review/ Portland
vol. 61, no. 1
January, 2012
Portrait/The Ampersand Review
vol. 7
December, 2016
Signatures’ 5 Years Later: Lyzette Wanzer Responds/The Naked Truth
January, 2020
Yellow/Blue Literary Magazine
The Angel Issue
June, 2017
Latent Image/Chautauqua Journal
July, 2014
Precipice/Journal of Advanced Development
July, 2014
Escheresque/Journal of Advanced Development
May, 2012
The Gamin and The Gamine/Journal of Advanced Development
November, 2018
The Human Development Program 2.0/San Francisco University High School Jou/ San Francisco
vol. XXIV, no. No. 2
November, 2018
The UHS Presence Program/San Francisco University High School Jou/ San Francisco
vol. XXIV, no. No. 2
September, 2021
Twisted (excerpt)/The San Francisco Chronicle/ San Francisco
Tell Us the Story About Your Hair
December, 2018
August, 2014
18 Aug. 2014

Press Mentions

August, 2020
Lydia Sviatoslavsky, 19 Aug. 2020
June, 2020
The Writers Grotto Carves out New Paths to Survive/San Francisco Chronicle/ San Francisco
Denise Sullivan, 1 June 2020
March, 2019
Zoë Bossiere and Erica Trabold, 4 March 2019
June, 2018
Dr. September Williams, 29 June 2018
August, 2016
Evan Karp, 26 Aug. 2016
May, 2016
Lyzette Wanzer on Having a Thick Skin/SF Weekly/Litseen/ San Francisco
Rebecca Samuelson, 19 May 2016
July, 2012
Craig Reinbold, 7 July 2012